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22 May 1844
Huston, M.C., fl. 1844-1920
Dear Aunt Ann
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Circa 1855
Preface to First Earton
Docket says "Lecture for the Philo Society of Hayleville Ohio 1855"
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22 September 1862
Nugent, Perry, fl. 1844-1920
Dear Mother
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30 September 1862
Nugent, C.J., fl. 1844-1920
Dear Mother [Anne L. Nugent]
Written at Camp Burrus
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21 September 1862
Mouse, William, fl. 1862
to Mr. Thurman
Since last he wrote the battle of the 27th of August was very severe. They did not have a staff officer to lead them but were able to take 3 pieces of artillery. He was recently promoted to corporal.
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12 July 1862
Watson, Sam, fl. 1861-1864
to Richard H. Jackson
He writes that the wounded and disabled are now coming in the thousands, mainly from McClellan. His father and wife are healthy but his father worries about him.
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1863
Watson, Martha, fl. 1861-1864
She says says she thinks the North will lose every battle. The other night she wore a Secessionist flag pinned to her chest and a man took it off and threw it in the fire. It was meant to be a joke, of course.
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20 January 1863
She is glad he is learning to sidesaddle well. She also warns him not to dream so loud and finds the idea of him calling her name in his sleep funny.
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18 April 1865
Chapple, James, fl. 1861-1865
He writes about the effect of Lincoln's death.
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22 June 1863
Gage, W.H., fl. 1863
to Bro. Sherman
He mentions several friends that have been discharged like Doody, Maxim, O'Donanhue and Charlie. He mentions the doctors and nurses at the hospital and how at one point there were nearly a thousand patients.
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