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1861-05-12 William E. Thorpe to Alfred Thorpe Page 3
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arrived in Elmira at about 6 O.clock this morning and were greeted at every station and house along the road with tremendous cheers and waving flags or handkerchiefs and sometimes with canon people were in crowds at every place along the roads where we stopped we are quartered for the present at a Hall in this place and other Cos. in Different parts of the town. I must not forget to tell you that Ira. J. Sheldon and myself went down to the Falls one day and had a very pleasant trip we went under the Falls on both sides and up to Lundays Lane Battle ground there is a large observatory there now and an old soldier who was in the fight went up with us and gave us a full discription
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arrived in Elmira at about 6 O.clock this morning and were greeted at every station and house along the road with tremendous cheers and waving flags or handkerchiefs and sometimes with canon people were in crowds at every place along the roads where we stopped we are quartered for the present at a Hall in this place and other Cos. in Different parts of the town. I must not forget to tell you that Ira. J. Sheldon and myself went down to the Falls one day and had a very pleasant trip we went under the Falls on both sides and up to Lundays Lane Battle ground there is a large observatory there now and an old soldier who was in the fight went up with us and gave us a full discription
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