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- GLC#
- GLC03523.03.07-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 26, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Bope, Conrad, 1839-1917
- Title
- to Eliza Jane Bope
- Place Written
- Shiloh, Mississipi
- Pagination
- 3 p. : envelope Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 24 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Bope writes to his sister from Camp Shiloh. States they have nothing to do, but expects to meet the Rebels in a few days. Mentions that 30 Rebels surrender every day. Complains that the apples she sent him did not arrive, but all her letters do. Informs her he sent her a letter with a gold dollar in it. Envelope includes patriotic imagery.
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