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1Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters 
 Description: I write you afew lines this sabathmorning which will inform you thatmy self and brother are both well and getingon finely, and much hope this may reach you in due time and find you all injoyingthe same greatblesing, I have no news of importance to write to you, we have takenaverry hard march sence I wrote to you before we were marching ten days in succession, we got to this place last thursday eavning. I have no idie how long we can stay here we are under marching orders now. we have to move as the enemy moves, it was thought that thay were going toatact us yesterday thoughthaydid not. thaycame over last tues dayand gave ourcavilry averry hard fight thay faught nearly all day. took our men on seprise and got the advantage an the start, though our men drove bac across the river at last, thaytook some prisners and horses, our men took between three and four hundered pris ners, I dont serpose thay made much by that move, thayhave bin sendingthair cavilry throug through the country to steal and destroyevery thing can, thay take all the negroes and hossesaway with and burn the meat corn wheat and flour thay can find. I have bin to several houseswharethe yankees had taken every thay had. you all think you have great deal to see trouble about though you have nothing campared to those that live near the line of the enemy, the yankees is getingtoo mean to live, I thinke thay are depending altogetherapan them selves forthair inde pendence, and we all know that is a poor dependence foreney people todepenapon, I still live in hope of peace soon though I may not live to see it,
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