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- GLC#
- GLC09273.05-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 October 1864
- Author/Creator
- Hammond, Horace J., fl. 1862-1865
- Title
- to Eleanor Hammond
- Place Written
- City Point, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 12.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
All are "kicking about." Has not had much to do. Joseph has gone with some men along the railroad to guard some men, but he will be back tonight. Is in the tent with Guernsey. The rest of the companies in the regiment are back in Washington, but they should be arriving here "today or tomorrow." She should be happy that he was not drafted. Draftees and substitutes are sent to the front immediately by the thousands. "They have got Petersburg surrounded and next week they say they will take Richmond and Petersburg both. There [are] some ironclads - 25 - going up to Richmond." Still has yet to hear if she received the money he sent. "You must kiss Oscar for me." Tells her to buy some onions; they are worth 20 cents each. Promises to remain her "dear husband" "until death."
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