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- GLC#
- GLC02715.011-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16-17 May 1862
- Author/Creator
- Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904
- Title
- to Mary Epperly
- Place Written
- Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses the damage the armies have done to the local farms, crops and livestock. Continues writing on 17 May 1862 that he ran out of money and borrowed some from a man who is going home. Tells Mary to feed the man as repayment.
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