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<html>My Dear Aunt,<br />We received your letter yesterday. Were<br />very glad to hear you arrived at home safely.<br />Hoppie Goodman stopped here and told us you had<br />gotten safely as far as Farmville. [?] Wood came<br />in to meet him went down to the depot but did not see<br />him so concluded he had not come and came on up<br />here. She had been in only a few minutes when Hoppie<br />came. Mr McGee came up yesterday. said every body<br />had left Hampton and the Federal troops had taken<br />possession of the town. He could not get a way good<br /><br /></html>
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<html>My Dear Aunt,<br />We received your letter yesterday. Were<br />very glad to hear you arrived at home safely.<br />Hoppie Goodman stopped here and told us you had<br />gotten safely as far as Farmville. [?] Wood came<br />in to meet him went down to the depot but did not see<br />him so concluded he had not come and came on up<br />here. She had been in only a few minutes when Hoppie<br />came. Mr McGee came up yesterday. said every body<br />had left Hampton and the Federal troops had taken<br />possession of the town. He could not get a way good<br />to move his furniture as every body was moving away.<br />Some persons had to leave every thing not even taking their<br />clothes. One gentleman lost forty servants. He said it&nbsp;<br />was sad, sad to see the state of things down there.<br />The yankees had [?] the [?] and horses into the&nbsp;<br />wheat fields. Mr. Winfree will go into camp next week.<br />I feel very sad about it but think it his duty to go.<br />Annie received a dispatch saying her sister is worse.<br />She will go down tomorrow or next day. Sisters Matha &amp;&nbsp;<br />Mary are over there today helping her get ready.<br />I feel very sorry for her. Brother John says if Mr Winfree<br />goes to war he is going too but he doesn't mean for him<br />to go without him. Annie is afraid he may go while<br /><br /></html>

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<html>My Dear Aunt,
We received your letter yesterday. Were
very glad to hear you arrived at home safely.
Hoppie Goodman stopped here and told us you had
gotten safely as far as Farmville. [?] Wood came
in to meet him went down to the depot but did not see
him so concluded he had not come and came on up
here. She had been in only a few minutes when Hoppie
came. Mr McGee came up yesterday. said every body
had left Hampton and the Federal troops had taken
possession of the town. He could not get a way good
to move his furniture as every body was moving away.
Some persons had to leave every thing not even taking their
clothes. One gentleman lost forty servants. He said it 
was sad, sad to see the state of things down there.
The yankees had [?] the [?] and horses into the 
wheat fields. Mr. Winfree will go into camp next week.
I feel very sad about it but think it his duty to go.
Annie received a dispatch saying her sister is worse.
She will go down tomorrow or next day. Sisters Matha & 
Mary are over there today helping her get ready.
I feel very sorry for her. Brother John says if Mr Winfree
goes to war he is going too but he doesn't mean for him
to go without him. Annie is afraid he may go while

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