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- GLC#
- GLC02715.069-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 August 1863
- Author/Creator
- Epperly, Mary M., fl. 1859-1865
- Title
- to C. M. Epperly
- Place Written
- Floyd City, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses desertion: "I think [if] the head men dont soon end this war that the soldiers will for they are runing from down east by hundreds ther[e] was five hundred went through hear last weak well armed and they say they wont go back any more and I don't blame them for it. I wish they would all runaway and these head men would be obliged to fight it out but as long as they can stay at home and speculate [inserted: off] of the poor soulders they dont care how long the war lasts."
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