Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Skinkle

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GLC#
GLC03523.32.22-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
18 September 1863
Author/Creator
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Title
to Isora Skinkle
Place Written
Natchez, Mississippi
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Thanks his sister for the package that she sent him. Inquires if she likes her new mother-in-law. Informs her that he will not be able to get a furlough this year and that he prefers it that way. Writes that he would prefer to wait until he can come home permanently. Believes that the running back and forth only makes "it so much worse than it otherwise would." Discusses a fight between a woman named Mary Gardner and two other gentlemen. Writes, "it is a bad thing to get wounded for ones feelings." The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.

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