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Bell, Grove L., 1844-1863 to home friends

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08913.07 Author/Creator: Bell, Grove L., 1844-1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 16,1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 26.2 cm Order a Copy

So angry he "can hardly write." Had to wait a long time in the cold. Angry because he has not received favorable news about his box. Instead was advised to get some good boots on because they would be marching the next day. Had his friends done as he said, Bell would have the boots right now. Will "never [write] for anything" else. Upset because he does not have a decent pair of shoes. Soldiers only have three days' rations. Discusses the difficulty of pulling horses out of the thick, deep mud. "Everyone is sick of this war… I don't blame anyone for skedadeling" One soldier named Geer "is but just alive" and might not make it through the night. Sending some money that they received from the State of Connecticut. The money isn't worth anything to him but will be "good as gold" to his friends.

Bell, Grove L., 1844-1863

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