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Oliver Boardman correspondence and journals, 1861-1863
03_1862-08-10 Page 03
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the general opinion here especialy among the Citizens is that there will be ahard battle fought here before agreat while but I hardly think so though if there is one fought at all it will be ahard one I think. I know it will take abig force to whip us here it is being well fortified it is the best now that I ever saw. and I have seen agood many. the breast-works now is awall of dirt about twenty feet thick about as high as amans head (provided he is atall man.) the ditch on the out side is not less than twenty feet wide and four or five deep this has all been done by the negroes and they are still at work on them I dont know what they will make out of them by the time they are finished. I suppose you are having stiring times back there now in Iowa in fact all the northern states. there is achance now for all to go to war get shot and get aname we are going to have war now in earnest for afew months and I think afew months will settle it. Henry I dont know what your notion is about going to war but I hope you have no notion of it there is alarge farm there and alarge stock to take care of and there is none to many of you there to take care of it. I suppose hands are scarce or will be when the all leave. I dont know that you have any notion of going but still I didnt think it any harm to give you my opinion. I got aletter from George the other day three or four days ago. he seems to be well and in good spirits but never says anything about the war the only
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the general opinion here especialy among the Citizens is that there will be ahard battle fought here before agreat while but I hardly think so though if there is one fought at all it will be ahard one I think. I know it will take abig force to whip us here it is being well fortified it is the best now that I ever saw. and I have seen agood many. the breast-works now is awall of dirt about twenty feet thick about as high as amans head (provided he is atall man.) the ditch on the out side is not less than twenty feet wide and four or five deep this has all been done by the negroes and they are still at work on them I dont know what they will make out of them by the time they are finished. I suppose you are having stiring times back there now in Iowa in fact all the northern states. there is achance now for all to go to war get shot and get aname we are going to have war now in earnest for afew months and I think afew months will settle it. Henry I dont know what your notion is about going to war but I hope you have no notion of it there is alarge farm there and alarge stock to take care of and there is none to many of you there to take care of it. I suppose hands are scarce or will be when the all leave. I dont know that you have any notion of going but still I didnt think it any harm to give you my opinion. I got aletter from George the other day three or four days ago. he seems to be well and in good spirits but never says anything about the war the only
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