Unknown to his wife
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08248 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 April 1864 Pagination: Order a Copy
Discussing Sherman's order to cut civilian rations and expressing some sympathy for its impact on "secesh women": "it is hard for the authorities to see women starve." Analyzing the upcoming presidential election: "we hope to elect Lincoln again and then the rebs know their cause is gone." And broadly reflecting on the war: "[W]e hope that we will beat them...and that the old Union with all the Stars made brighter by the firey trial we have passed through...."
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