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Ann Larimer letters to husband John, February-July 1865

02_1865-04-02-Page 02

would certainly write to him the first opportunity you had but I don't think Wills cared any thing about - What a satisfaction it would have been if your letter could only have come before your mother died, she was very anxious to hear from you. you did not write if you had wrote to your Father when you wrote to me. I hope you did. I would wrather that they had recieved a letter that me - Our paper dated the last news from Sherman, he was at Raleigh, it gave a glowing description of Sherman's march from Savannah gave the distance that they had marched: 311 miles & over and I suppose before this reaches you you will have made some advance toward the takeing of Richmond as if the report is true that Lee is comeing to meet you. The two forces will have meet & whitch will have the advantage over the other I don't know. What a bloody battle will be fought & how many brave men will fall, will it be possible for you to get through safe? I cannot think so but there will be some come out safe & prehaps you may be one of the numbers. Would it not be cheering indeed if we could only know that this spring would end the war? The last week has been as warm and pleasant as any. We put out onions yesterday, it is warm to day but cloudy & the wind is very high, the roads are dry and dusty. The dust goes in clouds. I think we will have a change in the weather. I would not wonder if we had snow & cold storms all through the month. Father has been working on his stabble this pleasant spell. Ms. Goulles has been helping him. He is the man that bought A. Hannes's farm, he has been liveing in front of the house for the last two months. Andy mooves to town tomorrow. Goulles failed to go make his payment & Andy waited

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would certainly write to him the first opportunity you had but I don't think Wills cared any thing about - What a satisfaction it would have been if your letter could only have come before your mother died, she was very anxious to hear from you. you did not write if you had wrote to your Father when you wrote to me. I hope you did. I would wrather that they had recieved a letter that me - Our paper dated the last news from Sherman, he was at Raleigh, it gave a glowing description of Sherman's march from Savannah gave the distance that they had marched: 311 miles & over and I suppose before this reaches you you will have made some advance toward the takeing of Richmond as if the report is true that Lee is comeing to meet you. The two forces will have meet & whitch will have the advantage over the other I don't know. What a bloody battle will be fought & how many brave men will fall, will it be possible for you to get through safe? I cannot think so but there will be some come out safe & prehaps you may be one of the numbers. Would it not be cheering indeed if we could only know that this spring would end the war? The last week has been as warm and pleasant as any. We put out onions yesterday, it is warm to day but cloudy & the wind is very high, the roads are dry and dusty. The dust goes in clouds. I think we will have a change in the weather. I would not wonder if we had snow & cold storms all through the month. Father has been working on his stabble this pleasant spell. Ms. Goulles has been helping him. He is the man that bought A. Hannes's farm, he has been liveing in front of the house for the last two months. Andy mooves to town tomorrow. Goulles failed to go make his payment & Andy waited