Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
War-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Corp. James Harvey Mitchell, Co. I, 47th Illinois Vols., [n. p., but Peoria, Ill.], Sept. 12, [1861], reading, in part: "…they make a fellow get up as soon as it is daylight so as to answer the roll or else do double duty…they are getting pretty strict down here…we do not have such free times as we did but I think better of it. We drill from 7 till 12 steady then from 2 till 1/2 past 5…we do not have much time to spend foolishly…we are learning fast and…we will soon be proficient in the drill…there was a report…that the Rebels have taken Washington…I do not know when we leave this port, but I will…come up first if I can…you cant imagine how handy those needle book are. The boys think that the Minonk girls have the interests of the poor soldiers at heart…it is no joking matter for to leave your family and friends and home…to and go fight perhaps never to return but as you say those that are killed die in a good cause. Hope it will soon end and then we will return home…Harvey." VG
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