Paul, Miles W. to Celicia Paul
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03058.10 Author/Creator: Paul, Miles W. Place Written: Camp Humphrey, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 April 1863 Pagination: 4 p. ; 25.0 x 20.2 cm Order a Copy
Paul tells Celicia that he enjoys writing to her and that he thinks of her often. He says that he wanted to get a picture taken to send to her, but the paymaster has been held back and he does not have any money to pay for a photograph. Paul then discuses the draft and writes that after men in his regiment are mustered out that they will fill the regiment with drafted soldiers. He said that he expected that folks in Muncy were getting nervous about the draft, and Paul writes that he would like to see single men drafted first. Paul then tells Celicia that he has been eating well because he has been dining with three officers in exchange for doing their washing. Paul writes wistfully of home - "I have bin away from you longer than I ever wante Be again it is now eight month since I left home & it seames like that many years." Lastly, Paul writes of people he would like to see when he returns home, and he asks for more letters because "that is a solders delite."
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