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A Premonition: "Don't look for me home till you see me coming."

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A Premonition:  Don't look for me home till you see me coming.
Letter of ill-fated Union soldier L(awson) H. Rogers, Co. G, 122nd Ohio Vols.,"Camp Zanesville, Ohio," Oct. 11, (18)62, 4 3/4 x 7 3/4, 3 pp., in pencil, its point varying from dark to very light but legible, as the lead wore down. To "sisters one and all." "Thanks to you for your nice treat you sent us...We treated the whole Company that Evening. We had plenty of pies, cakes, apples, potatoes, cabbage, buturs (sic) of all kinds & molasses. I thought that all Hartford was coming. I look for some of you girls...Girls, I am going to send you my likeness...Just after breakfast we had butter & molasses...like being at home...Don't look for me home till you see me coming. We have marching orders for Tues. The regt. is organized...." Rogers never made it: he was taken P.O.W., succumbing to disease at Charlottesville, Va. just before Christmas 1864. Light honey-colored stains more likely food than foxing, some wear, else about very good.