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White family papers, July 1861-March 1865
1861-07-16-Page 02
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the enemy "on their own battle field. It is not my purpose to lavish praises on untried men, but if the universal shout, from over one thousand men, of a hearty approval of the order, then their valor is established. We have married men, single men, and beardless boys in our ranks, all of whom have a too high appreciation of the Union to harbor, for a moment, the idea of a repulse by rebels. To the wives of those among us I would say "they had better be widows than cowards wives. The country we passed through,- between Springfield and Jacksonville - was the finest country I have ever seen. It is needless to describe it - I could not do it justice. What cheered us most on our march was the welcome waive of "white linen" from that
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the enemy "on their own battle field. It is not my purpose to lavish praises on untried men, but if the universal shout, from over one thousand men, of a hearty approval of the order, then their valor is established. We have married men, single men, and beardless boys in our ranks, all of whom have a too high appreciation of the Union to harbor, for a moment, the idea of a repulse by rebels. To the wives of those among us I would say "they had better be widows than cowards wives. The country we passed through,- between Springfield and Jacksonville - was the finest country I have ever seen. It is needless to describe it - I could not do it justice. What cheered us most on our march was the welcome waive of "white linen" from that
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