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

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GLC#
GLC03523.32.29-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
22 December 1863
Author/Creator
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Title
to Isora Skinkle
Place Written
Mississippi
Pagination
4p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 24.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to his sister from camp. Comments that she looked quite lean in her picture, but he has never been fatter. Reports that the lieutenant bet five dollars that the war will be over soon and that they will be able to go home by June and that most of the officers agree. Writes that they have more bread than they can eat. Informs her that he received a pair of socks in the mail. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.

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