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2p.
1862 April 19
James Booker, Camp near Yorktown, Virginia, letter to Chloe Unity
Blair
James Booker writes to inform his cousin of the location of his regiment. He
indicates that they have been shot at but infrequently hit. He mentions that a
man named Tucker, who was wounded in the chin, was the only man from his
regiment (he was attached to Captain Carter's Company F) to have been shot. He
also notes that many men, mainly Yankees, were killed at last Wednesday's battle
and that this evening the Yankees flew a truce flag in order to safely bury
their dead. He feels that, because the best of both armies are here, the war
will be settled here. He closes by asking that Unity write soon, and direct her
letters to him at Yorktown. He also asks her to notify "sister Mary" that
Pickney has not yet arrived.
