Letter home- Lawrence Simonds

April, 06,  2019


     

   Deer Ma and Pa,


how r u guys. ijust gut back form gettin inlisted en tha war. dont worrie Pa iam en tha confederate syde. U dont need too worrie bout them slaves gettin freed. i now how moch u u hate tha thooght of them slaves takin ur job.  Mi job es tu wotch the batterys and git tha cannons and martors en theyr positens. i alsooo hove too du cartridge boxes . Thets whan u pot bullets and roundes en thes leather box soo wi got supplies to feight. i wuz soo darn mad whin i realised thet these so caled border states
didnt leev tha union. i meen u got slaves too like dont u want tooo kep em. Any wayz i hupe thes war only takes 1yr tooo 6months. cant weight to si u a gain. 
                                                          luv, Lawrence

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