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Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 to his nephew, Wellington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07460.116 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Lysander, 1837-1917 Place Written: Goldsboro, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Writes about what life is like in the army. He states that the troops usually sleep outside and never have more than a thick blanket between him "and the sky." He does not want his nephew to have to go to war and if he comes home he will tell him why. Writes that if the men of the south would have been "good" there would have been no war and no trouble for the people at home. When he comes home he will give him the pistol he promised him. Advises Wellington not to enlist as it will make his mother worry too much.

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