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Chapin’s Farm, Va., January 19, 1865. My Dear Sister L.:— I have not much news to write. It seems to me my letters must have changed in their character, as I have in my habits of thought since the...
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Chapin’s Farm, Va., February 12, 1865. Dear Sister L. :— You seem to be having a very severe winter. All the soldiers who have been home say, with a shrug of the shoulders, “It is terribly cold up...
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Chapin’s Farm, Pa., February 25, 1865. Dear Father:— The war seems to be moving on with irresistible grandeur. Its progress is like the motions of the planets— almost imperceptible, but steady and...
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Chapin’s Farm, Va., February 25, 1865. My Dear Sister L.:— Yesterday I issued clothing and I have had no time till to-night to post up my books. Just as I finished, the order came to break camp and...
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Baltimore, Md., April 15, 1S65. Dear Brother and Sister:— I am only so far on my way as yet, and take the opportunity afforded by my detention till this afternoon to drop you a line. I bought my...
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Spotswood Hotel, Richmond, Va., April 19, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— Long ago I promised to write you from Virginia’s capital, Richmond, and here is the fulfillment of my promise, though it can be but a...
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Spotswood Hotel, Richmond, Va., April 19, 1865. My Dear Father:— To-day completes the fourth year of my efforts to reach Richmond, and I am here. You will have heard that I started for home the 23d of...
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Light house Point, James River, Va., Sunday, May 7, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— The regiment moved a short distance the morning after my arrival, but far enough to break up everything, and with the...
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Camp Lincoln, Va., May 16, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— “Camp Lincoln” is the camp of the corps at Lighthouse or Jordan’s Point and vicinity, and it is becoming the “A No. 1″ of camps. Matters are arranged...
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Steamer Warrior, James River, Va., Monday, May 29, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— I take the opportunity before we get beyond the reach of mails to drop you a note to say “good-bye, I’m off.” The last of the...
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U. S. Steamer Illinois, off Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, Thursday, June 8, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— I’ve just time to write a line to say we are so far on our voyage in safety. I was transferred from the...
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U. S. Steamer Illinois, off Brazos de Santiago, Texas, Thursday, June 15, 1865. Dear Father:— I have a few minutes in which to write a continuation of my note from Mobile Bay. The Illinois returns to...
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U. S. Steamer Illinois, off Brazos de Santiago, Texas, Thursday, June 15, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— I wrote you last from Mobile Bay, just as we were about sailing. Our trip across the Gulf of Mexico had...
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Brazos de Santiago, Texas, June 27, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— By this time you will think I should be able to give you something of a description of this strange country. If you look at a map of Texas...
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July 1, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— I send you another “boarder.” The time for distinction of color per se is past. The face you see is the counterfeit presentment of the “American citizen of African...
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Brazos de Santiago, Texas, July 8, 1865. Dear Sister L.:— I have written of our voyages, its pleasures, and the shipwreck at the end. I have told you the features of the country here, its lack of...
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Ringgold Barracks, Texas, July 28, 1863. Dear Sister L.:— I have just time to drop you a line before the mail goes, to say that I arrived safely at the end of my long tedious march, through the...
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Ringgold Barracks, Rio Grande City, Texas, Sunday, July 30, 1865. My Dear Sister L.:— Having some leisure to-day, I will give you a description of our march from Brazos, and my impression of the...
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Office A. A. Q. M., Second Division, Twenty-fifth Corps, Ringgold Barracks, Texas, August 27. 1865. My Dear Sister L.:— I received your letter dated July 23d, by the last boat (23d) just a month from...
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Ringgold Barracks, Texas, September 10, 1865. My Dear Sister L. :— I have no letter to answer since my last, but I have a little time to spare to-day, being Sunday, and will devote it to you by...
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