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soon to be able to send it. I reckon that you | soon to be able to send it. I reckon that you | ||
| − | are quite uneasy about your | + | are quite uneasy about your little sister |
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| + | here in the midst of our yankee friends. | ||
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| + | I assure you, altho I have been blessed | ||
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| + | with the sight of them only as prisoners, | ||
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| + | I have been no little excited by them. | ||
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| + | Monday night we could plainly see the | ||
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| + | flames from our burning stores from | ||
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| + | Beaver Dam. Tuesday morning we were a- | ||
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| + | wakened at five by [distant?] volleys of mus- | ||
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| + | ketr, & about eleven more intensely exci- | ||
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| + | ted by seeing | ||
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Forest Hill May 13th, 1864
My dearest Sister,
We are still I fear cut off
from communication with the outside
world but I will begin my letter [?]
soon to be able to send it. I reckon that you
are quite uneasy about your little sister
here in the midst of our yankee friends.
I assure you, altho I have been blessed
with the sight of them only as prisoners,
I have been no little excited by them.
Monday night we could plainly see the
flames from our burning stores from
Beaver Dam. Tuesday morning we were a-
wakened at five by [distant?] volleys of mus-
ketr, & about eleven more intensely exci-
ted by seeing
