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Dear brother James, My enlistmen has been going very fast, and my old pres abe lincon ask for 75000 thosan peepal. Da border states r not happy with our army, but lincon needs an army for da fight wit da South. I herd many rumors abot stories talking how bad our pres is. I know he is very new to da pres spot, but we need da strong person leading us. Some of ma fellow privates saw da first kills in Baltimore , maching from Massachusetts ta da capitel . 11 bodys ded  on da city, and lincon aint doin anythin to fix dat. We need da pres to help da borda states to join us. DA battal of Bull Run was a terribel defeet, with da South winnin da first major battel , and dat dey mad fun of us by eatin our food . Da north is not doin enof work to beat da South. On August 5, da Congress created da 1st incom tax to rais revenew for da government .  800 dowas a yeer  we hav ta pay, and it helps us pay for da ...
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Dear Father, The year has gone by in a breeze. Earlier this April, the Union had to surender Ft. Sumter so  Prezident Lincoln called for 75,000 volontears .  So I enlisted in the armi, you know, gotta lend an ol´ neybor a hand when he needs one. I hope that you will suport my decisioun to join him and his forses. I beleeve that I am doing the rite ting for our family and the cuntry. I promis to fite hard just like you have always taut me and work to keep them slaves out of Illinois! This war ´ill be a breeze!  A few days later I hurd that stuf was goin down in Baltimore . Heard der was 11 deaths total! An it didn't even happen in battle, pa; it was just some o´ Lincoln´s troops coming down from Massachusetts towards D.C. when these crazy guys from Baltimore tried to stop ´em . An´ den both sides shooted at each other . Looks like ol´ Abeś not gonna get any help from dem border states, dats for sure!  Sence then ,it´s been pretty chill round cam...
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 Dear my luvly wife, The was is now over for the love of God and our nation. Just as Lincoln predicted in his Second Inaugural Address that the war was winding down to a Union Victory, and that he wants to have the Union restored with Confederate states as possiblu.  Richmond, Virginia has fallen and burned to da Union and burned on April 2, 1865. And four days after it, the last battle ov da war occured at Saylor's Creek, and was only a brief one-day engagement was a Union Victory. In da wake of the battle, some 8,000 Confederates surrendered. Roughly one-third of Lee's army ,this is huge of the number of soldiers who surrendered. Finally, on April 9, 1865, General Lee finally surrendered to da Union at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. The terms of da surrendered were pretty generous: 25,000 rations, soldiers can keep their own things, however, all Confederate issued items and battle flags had to be turned over and keep a promise of not to fight . After the surren...
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