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26 December 1864
Thompson, Wilmot, fl. 1864-1901
to my dear wife
He is sad because he has not received any mail from her.
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29 December 1864
He is going to have his picture taken, though it may be expensive. Everything on the island costs three times as much. He sent her more money express. He may sell his watch.
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6 January 1865
He is on his way to Virginia. Iti is raining hard outside the tent while he writes. He describes the country as fine. There is one company from New York with them. He wishes she could be with them. Written at City Point- now named Hopewell
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11 January 1865
The country is fine but he would enjoy it more if she were with him.. Grant's army is about 7 miles away. He mentions the next time he will send money.
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12 January 1865
He is sick with a bad cold and cough. In other news they have not got their rifles yet. There will probably not be any fighting for some time. He asks her to send 4 stockings.
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17 January 1865
There is talk of settling up at their present location. Where they are now was the site of a battleground last Spring. Tomorrow there is an inspection so everything has to be very clean.
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23 January 1865
He received her picture. They have been in their present location without rifles and nothing to do for quite a while. He tells her to take good care of his babies.
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29 January 1865
He tells the horrific story of having witnessed a prisoner's hanging.
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3 February 1865
There is a battle going on now. He says if she could only see the women she accuses him of consorting with. They are all ugly and he wouldn't want to hug them.
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6 February 1865
He expects the heaviest fighting to be done in the Spring, but he is not afraid. He describes a friend of his in the company. He asks her to send him a hat.
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