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- GLC#
- GLC02740.14-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 25, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Thompson, Wilmot, fl. 1864-1901
- Title
- to my dear wife
- Place Written
- Gallops Island
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 12.7 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He has had a lovely Christmas and spent most of it asleep. He wants her to send a picture of herself. Once again, he tells her to have more confidence in him, for he has only spoken to one woman since he left. He says "I know I am a wicked man, but I am honest and true to my darling wife..."
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