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          Dear my beluved wife,     I am soo sorry for the tragedi that just occured in our hometown Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That 3 days batle was soo horific, especialy when on where we grew up. Day one started very innocently, but evolved into terror very quickly. It literaly started as a clash over shoes on the Northwest section of out town . When I heard this news, I was soo worrid for u and our luvly children when i ntense fighting took place as reinforceementss arrivied. The Union had to be pushed bac into our town, but they still held the high groundd by the end of da first day.     The second and third day waz soo brutal and harsh. I am a field hospital orderly soo I waz just helping many injured soldiers. Once a soldier was wounded, medical personel on the battlefield would bandagee 'em up as fast as they could, gave whiskey to ease the wound and morphine. Then, they would be taken to the field hospital and seperated into 3 c...
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Dear Ma and Pa,         Another horrible battle ended today. We fought at Gettysburg for three days to keep the rebels from invading . We won but....we lost so many. There was so much fighting that a group of soldiers keeping the rebels from flanking us ran out of bullets and was forced to charge the fully armed rebels with bayonets . It's a terrible thing war is. But this battle was the is the worst . So bad we had to bury the dead on the field . So bad that president Lincoln came and gave a speech to remember the dead . I do hope this ends soon. I want to come home. I miss the farm. And the twins. I hope i can survive this hell. Love,     Herman
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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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