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- GLC#
- GLC03523.32.27-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 December 1863
- Author/Creator
- Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
- Title
- to Isora Skinkle
- Place Written
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 4p. : envelope Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 25.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes to his sister from camp. Reports that his new boots and stockings fit perfectly. Discusses how long a man named Knap will be able to stick it out in the services. Believes that Knap will have a hard time getting out of the service once he is ready to quit. Writes of different people back home. Letter has an image and the words, "E Pluribus Unum."
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