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Is happy about his mother's health; describes scene of dead and wounded, and the Battle of Williamsburg; Captain ? Lee of the 5th North Carolina Regiment and his paucity of remaining manpower; the demoralized state of the Confederate forces; corrects his mother's misconception about the material state of the Union forces; the destruction about him; return of property to a Union sympathizer; rumor of Norfolk, VA in Union hands; he will send money to his parents. Letter written on letterhead showing a radiating circle bordered in red and blue, and containing an eagle standing on a red and white striped shield, while grasping a sword and struggling with a snake, against a blue background emblazoned with a partial circle of stars. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. |
