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1861-07-15 William E. Thorpe to Alfred Thorpe Page 1
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Fort Rummon Washington D.C. July 15th 1861 Dear Parents I wrote a letter to you day before yesterday but forgot to put it in to the Post Office so of course it has not gone but I will write this and put in with it and send it now. Since writing the other there has been a little change in our camp. Yesterday we got orders to start and come to this fort which is just at the end of the long bridge and is nothing but an earthwork but it is a good one and well laid out. I think we shall probably stay here untill our time is up to guard this fort and finish the rest of it as it is not yet quite finished on the side next to the river. We have a fine view
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Fort Rummon Washington D.C. July 15th 1861 Dear Parents I wrote a letter to you day before yesterday but forgot to put it in to the Post Office so of course it has not gone but I will write this and put in with it and send it now. Since writing the other there has been a little change in our camp. Yesterday we got orders to start and come to this fort which is just at the end of the long bridge and is nothing but an earthwork but it is a good one and well laid out. I think we shall probably stay here untill our time is up to guard this fort and finish the rest of it as it is not yet quite finished on the side next to the river. We have a fine view
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