Letter to Chloe Unity Blair

1864 [May]

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1864 [May]

I was verry glad to hear of the cavilry
catching some of those worthless boys that
are sneaking about trying to keep from doing
thair duty. I hope thay may suceed in
catching all of them and send them to the
Penitentary to serve thair time thare for
thay are not account at home and a great eal
less here. so if thay will put them in
a lott and put a over seer off over them
to make them work thay do more good
that way than eny other, if thay were to bring
them here thay would run way a gain

J Booker

PS You have doubtless hird from Mr.
Hodg be fore this time. though I will
tel you some thing about him. he was
wounded in the battle of Gettysburg. he had
a verry sevire wound in the left sholder
Mr. Keen of his com said the ball went in
his shoulder and lodged in his back. he said
he thought the shoulder bone was injured
by the ball, and the last he hird from
him was at Staunton. and his wound
had suffered verry much for of attention.[1]

[1]

"Mr. Hodg" may be Willis T. Hodges, who enlisted in the 57th Virginia Infantry, Company I, in March of 1862 at Bachelor's Hall. As Booker indicates, Hodges was wounded at Gettysburg. "Mr. Keen" may refer to Daniel F. Keen, likewise of the 57th Virginia, Company I (Sublett, 65, 67).

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1864 [May]