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Atlanta, Geo.
July 29th /64
Dear sister
Well here goes for 4 more pages of Ned smiths original extract, which will do non but Tignighnathysing friends anny good whatever. Aye Dear sister we are something more than friends yes kindred ties bound closer by sep-eration. I doe not doubt it all but what you all think of us chaps down here purhaps some of you more than is for your own comffort our thoughts i know are noh more selfish thinking of the time when we shal agan see that dea-rest of old places and those we love the best. but what are you to expect of afellow with Shell abursting around his head & perfectly demoralized and scattered out for some whole days say nothing of a week what could we do in such a
Object Description
| Title | Letter to his Sister from George Smith. #93.45.471 |
| Description | Frontline to Homefront: Minto Family Civil War Correspondence |
| Subject |
Correspondence Civil wars War Soldiers Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Keywords | letters; Civil War; |
| ProperNames |
Smith, George |
| Participant | Lake County Discovery Museum |
| Creator | George Smith |
| Date | 1864-07-29 |
| Type | handwritten |
| Format | paper |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | Georgia |
| Country | United States |
| Decade | 1860-1869 |
| GiftBy | Funding awarded by the Illinois State Library through the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| AcquisitionData | JPEG, 600 DPI (scanned), 24-bit color, Epson Expression 1640 XL, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Language | Eng |
| CompoundDoc | 471 |
| CollectionsID | MintoLetters |