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29 February 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond informs Estelle that his vocabulary is too limited to express how grateful he is for everything that she has done for him.
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1 March 1944
Diamond discusses his "bleak & uncertain" future.
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2 March 1944
Diamond writes that the day had been spent climbing steep hills to O.P.s (observation posts), and describes the view from them. Sidney gives Estelle some instructions pertaining to the "money order" enclosed and requests some garden seeds...
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3 March 1944
Diamond informs Estelle that she has become an integral part of his daily routine.
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5 March 1944
Diamond implies that since it was a leap year, Estelle should have proposed to him.
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6 March 1944
Diamond writes that they are working on maps and overlap. He comments that he doesn't feel "poetic, romantic, jocular".
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7 March 1944
Diamond mentions that "nearly everyone around has discovered someone they knew from back home
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9 March 1944
Diamond thanks Estelle for the New Yorker that she had subscribed to for him, and then proceeds to "rampage through the 'mag'
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11 March 1944
Diamond complains that they have termites in the camp.
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14 March 1944
Diamond writes that he is recovering from a 96 hour stretch without sleep: "I needed your shoulder badly".
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17 March 1944
Diamond wonders "how these Nips can keep getting literally slaughtered." He comments that this is one period that he doesn't want to share with anyone: "I'm spending the rest of my life forgetting it."
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18 March 1944
Diamond apologizes for the brevity of his notes, explaining that he doesn't have the time, place or imagination to write more. He promises to "come out of this mess."
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19 March 1944
Diamond describes a reconnaissance trip that all of the officers had gone on that afternoon.
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21 March 1944
Diamond comments on how sad it is "that man must come to destroy, scar, and burn."
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22 March 1944
Diamond compares his current situation to attempting to descend an upwards-bound escalator: "One steps down only to be brought back to the starting point."
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23 March 1944
Diamond states that he seldom writes when in the field, primarily "because there is nothing of consequence to relate."
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1815-1860
Higgins, Patrick, fl. 1859-1862
to Fannie Schoonmaker
Lonely, decided to write her. Is very happy with his new place. Does not know what to write; asks for suggestions in her response. Asks if her parents are going away, and, if so, to let him know in advance so he can see her. Promises that he will not...
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14 February 1862
Received a letter from her yesterday, and is glad to hear she is in good health. Does not have much to ask her because she wrote a very long letter. Wrote to her the Saturday before, but it appears that that letter did not arrive before she sent her...
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25 February 1862
Illegible. Ink has faded substantially, making it nearly impossible to read.
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17 March 1862
Printed on stationery marked "Liberty and Union." Has a "troubled mind." Does not know why she has not responded to his letter. Is "ready to face the enemy and stand fast." The regiment is going to move, and he has to go to the "cursed hospital" for...
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30 September 1861
Reese, David
to daughter
The letter has a green New York stamp that includes the New York State seal. Lets his daughter know he is well. Moved from Washington to Aliten [Alton?] Heights last Saturday. Are within eleven miles of the battlefield. "Do not know what minute we...
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5 January 1862
Johnson, Charles, fl. 1862
Printed on 56th New York stationery. Is fulfilling his promise that he made to her upon departing Neversink to keep her updated on all that is going on in his life. Would have written sooner, but there has been a lot of marching. Did not know when to...
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4 October 1859
Would prefer to see her in person than respond to her with a letter. Feels lonely and has "nobody to cheer me." Is thinking of her and things in their past. Hopes that she does not reminisce all the time, but reminds her that she "promised me that...
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21 July 1860
Glad to see her picture in a letter that he received last Thursday. Has not heard from her in a long time. "Began to think you had forgotten me" because she had not responded to his last letter. Would "give anything" to see her. Remembers that they...
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Writes to her for the first time since they saw each other almost three weeks before. Asks if she was insulted because Sarah heard him say he loved her. He "can't help telling the truth" about how he feels about her. Talks more of times they had...
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