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- GLC#
- GLC03523.32.28-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 December 1863
- Author/Creator
- Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
- Title
- to William P. Sayles
- 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 father from camp. Informs him that he sent ten dollars home. Complains about how long it has been since he has received any letters from the Silases family. Writes that a man named Knapp is a fool for trying to recruit all the "little boys" into the army. Notes that he cannot wait for the war to be over and hopes that Wash never has to see it. Letter has an image and the words, "E Pluribus Unum."
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