"Eseck G. Wilber letter to his parents, William and Clarissa Wilber." (1862) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/92559.

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Nov 10th 1862
they did not conclude to 
move any further to day so 
I thought I would write A
few lines more to you: you
spoke of what I said about 
enlisting in the reglar army 
I have mde up my mind 
not to, so you see we are both 
of a mind I thought I had 
better stay where I am :
when we was on the march 
we went some ways along the 
rail road where the cars was
burnt and for A mile you 
could not see anything but 
burnt gun barrels camp
kittles frying pans spoons 
and every thing you [[crossed out]] can 

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think of was strewed on 
each side of the track all 
the way along : it is reported 
that General Mclelan is 
under arest in washington
with the charge of being A 
trator wether it is so or not 
I do not know but if it is
it looks rather dark for we 
all put confidence in him :
if they draft any one around 
there you must write who it is
for I would like to know now 
I will stop I will mark out 
the road we went on the 
side of this paper now good bye 
for this time 
.E.G.Wilber.


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