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Frank Malcom letters, 1865
1865-03-13 Page 01
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Hd.. Qrs 7th.. Iowa V. V. Inft In the Field near Fayetteville N.C. March 13th.. 1865 My dear Wife, We have once more arrived at a point when we can send off a mail and I hasten to write you a fiew lines to inform you that I am still alive and well, my health is as good as usual. I am almost worn out with the fatigue & hardships incident to a long Campaign, but as soldiers are expected to undergo such hardships & privations we stand it as soldiers should, and I believe as none but true soldiers can; my last letter to you was written at Sistus Ferry Ga. a fiew days after leaving Savannah, which I presume you have recd.. long since. we crossed the Savannah river on the evening of the 4th.. of Feby and that night pitched our Tents for the first time on the "Sacred Soil" of South Carolina
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Hd.. Qrs 7th.. Iowa V. V. Inft In the Field near Fayetteville N.C. March 13th.. 1865 My dear Wife, We have once more arrived at a point when we can send off a mail and I hasten to write you a fiew lines to inform you that I am still alive and well, my health is as good as usual. I am almost worn out with the fatigue & hardships incident to a long Campaign, but as soldiers are expected to undergo such hardships & privations we stand it as soldiers should, and I believe as none but true soldiers can; my last letter to you was written at Sistus Ferry Ga. a fiew days after leaving Savannah, which I presume you have recd.. long since. we crossed the Savannah river on the evening of the 4th.. of Feby and that night pitched our Tents for the first time on the "Sacred Soil" of South Carolina
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