Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 to: Susannah L. Morris.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06451.042 Author/Creator: Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 Place Written: Camp Johnston, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1862/02/27 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy
Wilmor conjectures that "we will come home when we leave here fore the rebles are getting whip[p]ed every where thay meet our boys." He ate at a table for the first time since leaving home, at the home of a "pritty little plump girl" he met near the picket line. He reports that they "get a long firss[t] rate we are all fat."
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