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3 p.
1862 March 15
James Booker, in Greaner Hospital, Richmond, Virginia, letter to
Chloe Unity Blair
James Booker explains why he has been so long in answering Unity's latest
letters, stating that he has been in hospital, too ill to write. He had hoped to
come home on furlough, but has been separated from his regiment and could not
obtain leave. He asks that Unity write to him with the location of his regiment.
He also complains about the quality of the food and mentions seeing many
acquaintances on their way to the front. He closes by asking his cousin to
direct her replies to Greaner's Hospital, care of Surgeon R. G. Banks.
