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1861
Albert, fl. 1861-1864
to Sister
He writes he is now in the shop making dough. They have to bake a thousand loaves of bread a day. He is healthy and fat. Written at Camp Griffin
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18 August 1861
to Mother
He finds Eastern Virginia, where the principle slave market lies, very boring since most people have left upon hearing that an army was approaching. He describes a battle in which one hundred men were wounded and killed. They were greatly outnumbered...
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19 December 1861
to Mrs. Wall
There is not enough to eat and people are sick with the measles.
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05 December 1861
Too faded to read.
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23 May 1862
Horace, fl. 1862
to Unknown
He qoutes Shakespeare and asks the recipitent to relay a couple messages to Lydia and Bell.
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7 October 1862
Paull, J.D., fl. 1862
to Sir
Letter written on stationary that features engraving of Buell. They are on picket duty about 25 miles from Harper's Ferry. He thinks they have the best set of soldiers in their regiment. Occasionally someone is taken prisoner on picket duty but he...
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6 August 1862
Rollinsky, C., fl. 1862
to Col. G Waagner
He has not received full pay because the paymaster will nto acknowledge the time that he was in service.
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21 May 1861
Kavanaugh, John, fl. 1861
to Gen. C.
A reminder to accept the company and to give the order for two other companies so they can elect their field officers.
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23 September 1863
Kilroy, Patrick, fl. 1863
He is upset because in many Northern papers there are reports of the freedmen of the South growing an abundance of crops like cotton, corn and potatoes. The turth is that the all the costs that go into paying the freedmen and rations far outweigh the...
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9 July 1863
Hall, G.C., fl. 1863
He mentions the Battle of Gettysburg and how they had a hard fight but it is all right now. He also mentions Edgar Crockett and John Cobble.
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