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Scope and Contents Mentions slowly entering Atlanta-Using bales of cotton for beds-"I suppose there was a good deal of rejoicing all through the North at our success-but we took it very cooly-one thing made it different, our sad losses-and the care of the wounded". Describes the environment, train whistles, engine bells, various bands, etc. - "quite a contrast to laying out in the woods for months and being treated to ten inch shells for music" - Balance of letter is about getting paid and...

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Discusses a church service - Only thing missing is the female voice - Soldiers on guard at the door - Soldiers are taking "a resting spell" - Working day and night to build comfortable quarters - Mentions how homes are destroyed to get wood and brick. Number of pages: 4

Scope and Contents "I feel like getting well rapidly-gaining strength quite fast"..."I expect it will be several days yet before I am in condition to travel". Talks about getting home and his plans for the future - "I shall count the hours until I am free once more yet I would much prefer to see the war ended first-You know I would get a little credit for the long years of hardship already endured if I should come home a few months before the rest did. Still that would matter very...

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"This cruel war is over at last and we are to start for home" - Talks about travel arrangements to get home - Has ordered newspapers containing information about Lincoln's murder - Closes letter by saying "when orders are read that all the rebel armies have surrendered and that we are to go home, then the woods ring - old hats go up into the air and every kind of noisy demonstration is resorted to"Number of pages: 4

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He is on his way home hopefully looking forward to a 4th of July welcome celebration - "all these days of toil are over and I hope forever - still we do not regret what we have endured when we think how much good it has done"Number of pages: 2

Scope and Contents Disappointed that he has been detained so long and is going through such tedious paperwork - "I shall be so glad when I am once more free - when I can call myself and my time my own"..."I am more impatient at a week's delay than I used to be at a month"..."it seems that I have grown so accustomed to excitement and danger that the dull monotony of home life will soon tire - I hope not - for I used to love home as well as anyone"Number of...

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Congratulates his granddaughter on the fact that she is about to receive her teacher's credentials - Talks about the weather and the and the local bird population - Mentions family affairs - Signed "Gramps"Number of pages: 3 and envelope.

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The Carthage Republican - Githens' Obituary

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Discusses horticulture and gardening.Number of pages: 8 page photocopy

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Three letters, two are just dealer description not the actual letter, all are copies. Discuss churches in Nashville TN, illness of soldiers, living conditions, Battle of Platt City, MO.Number of pages: 5 pages of photocopies