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Brunt, Olive, fl. 1863-1865 to Martha Weir

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07006.10 Author/Creator: Brunt, Olive, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: Dover, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Writes of living at camp with her husband - "it is so much like Old kentuck." Mentions that it has been a long time since she has been home in Kentucky and asks after various friends. Describes the area around Fort Donelson as a scene of destruction, with "notheing [sic] but old shells of the best houses left now," but finds her own home, with its river view of "steamboats and gunboats" very beautiful. Written at Fort Donelson

Brunt, Olive, fl. 1863-1865
Weir, Martha, fl. 1863-1865

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