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[UNION SOLDIERS’ LETTERS]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[UNION SOLDIERS’ LETTERS] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial; text-transform:uppercase'>“Great Confidence In General Meade’s Abilities”</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR>Collection of three <b>war-date</b> ALsS, 11pp, 1861-65. Ohio Volunteer <b>John Thomas Fox</b> writes ungrammatically to his father from Rolla, MO, Dec 13, 1861. In part, “...<i>I was so tired of the hospital that I felt though I had come out of jale but I haven’t got rite well yet but am getting along kind of slow but I am awful weak yet, the measles they took me down awfull.</i>..” With transmittal cover. Moderate fading but legible. <b>S. F. Forrester</b> writes in bold pencil to a lady in Madison Furnace, PA. From “<i>Camp 2 miles from Berlin, Md, July 17th/63</i>.” In part, “...<i>We have been constantly on the move for the last month...expect to cross the river tomorrow in pursuit of the Johnies, who have gone to Old Virginia to hunt their holes. They ain’t invading Pennsylvania as much as they was. A pontoon bridge was laid at Berlin last night. We are going to drive the enemy right ahead and expect to give them battle somewhere near Culpeper...we can whip them anywhere if our Army is rightly handled. I have great confidence in General Meade’s abilities. Our cause looks bright and the only bad news we have is from the Copperheads of the North. I hope there will be no riots in Pennsylvania to disgrace our state like N.Y. The 8th regulars left here yesterday for the North to assist in enforcing the conscription act.</i>..” Light general wrinkling; light foxing along folds; light soiling. Recovering 99th Ohio Volunteer <b>J. W. Moore</b> writes from Washington Hospital, Memphis,TN, Oct 15, 1865, to say that though he had been very sick, he is feeling much better and anxious for news from home. Boldly penned but quite ungrammatical. With transmittal cover.</span></p>