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1863-11-08 Page 2
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boys you knowe that thare has been a Nother Call for Men of 200,000 thousand Ould New Yorks State Will take a Nother Drafte Iff the boys Dont volunteer but Who is a going to volunteer I think I Shant I think it wants 68,000 In this State Some Whar about 46 In this town So you May Judg What A time that Well Will be One the fifth of January 1864 Is the Last Day of vountering then the Draft Will take place Soon after that I think In the Same Monthe I think the 300, Dollars Clause Will be In the Same as before Send In your Next letter About the Draft In Iowa the boys has ben good About Eblisting In the Weastern Wourld tell us how meny has enlisted unders this New Call of Men [Rusia?] Is a going to Send her gun boats to New York this Winter fer Som purpus Next Spring I think that thare will be a fight yet With France And unitede States thare Was a lot of guns
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boys you knowe that thare has been a Nother Call for Men of 200,000 thousand Ould New Yorks State Will take a Nother Drafte Iff the boys Dont volunteer but Who is a going to volunteer I think I Shant I think it wants 68,000 In this State Some Whar about 46 In this town So you May Judg What A time that Well Will be One the fifth of January 1864 Is the Last Day of vountering then the Draft Will take place Soon after that I think In the Same Monthe I think the 300, Dollars Clause Will be In the Same as before Send In your Next letter About the Draft In Iowa the boys has ben good About Eblisting In the Weastern Wourld tell us how meny has enlisted unders this New Call of Men [Rusia?] Is a going to Send her gun boats to New York this Winter fer Som purpus Next Spring I think that thare will be a fight yet With France And unitede States thare Was a lot of guns
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