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1862-05-28 Page 2
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shoots a two ounce ball he will line a tree and if he sees one of us moove he will blaze away but one fine thing is he is a poor marks man and never hits any body and as quick as he shoots he lets all halts go and falls if he didn't he would have a dozen holes through him in less than a minute he hant hit any of us yet but he scares us almost to death for his ball whizes like a six pound cannon ball well pap about this money you said you had bought me a young mare bully for you I sent you $85 so you can pay for her as for the rest of the money I dont care what you do with it but you had better keep enough of it to hire your harvest hands and your corn cut up this fall for I dont know when we will be at home if France comes over to get whipped we wont come until that's done any how well pap I would like to be at home a little while to see how your house looks but I wont come unless I get sick and get a furlough for a soldier man in good health cant go down the River general Halleck has done one fine thing if he never does another he has made these news paper
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shoots a two ounce ball he will line a tree and if he sees one of us moove he will blaze away but one fine thing is he is a poor marks man and never hits any body and as quick as he shoots he lets all halts go and falls if he didn't he would have a dozen holes through him in less than a minute he hant hit any of us yet but he scares us almost to death for his ball whizes like a six pound cannon ball well pap about this money you said you had bought me a young mare bully for you I sent you $85 so you can pay for her as for the rest of the money I dont care what you do with it but you had better keep enough of it to hire your harvest hands and your corn cut up this fall for I dont know when we will be at home if France comes over to get whipped we wont come until that's done any how well pap I would like to be at home a little while to see how your house looks but I wont come unless I get sick and get a furlough for a soldier man in good health cant go down the River general Halleck has done one fine thing if he never does another he has made these news paper
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