Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) to Jemima Shifflet
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02174.07 Author/Creator: Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) Place Written: Camp Sill, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 February 1863 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
Shifflet received Fanny's ring and will keep it until he goes home, "if I live to git home." He will go home the next time he is paid "if I can git off enny way a tall." His division is "alooking for another big fight in a few days" and has "bin a skirmishing for four days." His regiment must "go on picket ever other day [and] we hav to go on to morrow." He wants "to come home the worst in the world" and says he thinks "the hold [whole] army is tired."
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