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- GLC#
- GLC02155.005-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 21 August 1861
- Author/Creator
- Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
- Title
- to Lile Miller [incomplete]
- Place Written
- Annapolis Junction, Maryland
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Complains about his brother-in-law (Lile's brother). Writes, "...if we leave here for washington i do not think we will Return without fighting they are gathering an immence army there for that purpose but whether we will be engaged in the first Battle or not I cannot tell... i do not think we are in much danger of course we are liable to picked off [sic] by cecessionists for they have every chance while we are on picket... our picket has taken about between five and six thousand dols worth of contraband goods since we have been here..."
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