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Hammond, Horace J. to Eleanor Hammond

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09273.37 Author/Creator: Hammond, Horace J. Place Written: Hatcher Run, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1865 Pagination: 4 p. ; 21.1 x 13.8 cm. Order a Copy

Is "tip top;" hopes she is too. Wants to know if she has received all of the money he has sent her. Is eating really well. Decided to turn in his gun to the quartermaster, so "all I will carry will be my knapsack." Expects to begin marching somewhere starting tomorrow morning. Believes he is going to North Carolina. About 135,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry are going to be on the move. Would rather move than stay at camp any longer. Only 5 months until he will be home. Prays every day. "I think the war will soon be used up." Would like to see her and Oscar; looks at her likeness very often. Put another $5 in this letter. By the time all of the money he has sent her is gone, he will have more money to send. Must stop writing, because he has to be reading to march starting at 1:45 AM

Hammond, Horace J., fl. 1864-1865

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