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- GLC#
- GLC02155.114-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 14, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864
- Title
- to Lile Miller
- Place Written
- Kellys Ford, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 12 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Written from camp near Kellys Ford. Dislikes the country between the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers, noting that the Confederates have "too much chance to flank us here." Writes, "Dear Lile I should love dearly to Be home with you this winter for I am sick of this worse than dogs life." Discusses reviews conducted by Abraham Lincoln: "I suppose there will be no great time there on the 19th especially to see Old Abe if it was to see him situated as I have always been when I saw him, there would not so many want to see him, (on Big Reviews) with a gun and Knapsack on their backs..." Relates that his knapsack weighs 60 pounds, he weighs 131 pounds, and he weighed 142 pounds when he entered the service.
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