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3p.
1861 December 15
James Booker, Manassas Junction, Virginia, letter to Chloe Unity
Blair
This letter is a reply to one or more letters that James had received from his
cousin and "sweethearts" a few days earlier. He has just heard that his regiment
is about to move into their winter quarters in Gainesville. He will join it when
the winter quarters are ready. Meanwhile, the work in his current quarters is
lighter and the pay better. He believes the fighting in Centreville will not
continue past winter. He mentions meeting a man who had been captured by the
Union and who was recently released. According to this man, there are 60,000
sick Yankees in Washington. He also adds that he has heard that two men in
Centreville were shot for trying to kill their commanding officer. James closes
the letter by asking to be remembered to cousin Eliza Ann Williams and to all
the "ladies" at Christmas time.
