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Letter from Groves Plantation: A Soldier's Plea for Comfort Near Vicksburg (1863)

This letter, dated March 6, 1863, from the Groves Plantation near Vicksburg, reveals the personal sentiments of a soldier addressing his mother. Despite the harsh realities of war, he expresses his well-being and optimism. He mentions a conversation with Lieutenant S.W. Kelley and requests various comforts, highlighting the soldier's longing for home-cooked goods and personal items. The letter is a poignant reminder of the human side of conflict, capturing the soldier's relationships and desires for nurturing amid the strife of the Civil War.

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Letter from Groves Plantation: A Soldier's Plea for Comfort Near Vicksburg (1863)

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  7. Groves Plantation La Mch 6th 1863 Near Vicksburg Dear Mother, I am still well and im-proving fast, I feel gay this morning. I saw Leuit S. W. Kelley and had a long talk with him, Dr [Strather ?] is well and in good health, he wrote a letter the other day for some articles in the eating [illegible] for us, Ma. I wish that you would send us good as you can as he has big calculations and so have I on what a nice time we will have eating them in addition to what he told his wife to send I wish that you would send me two or three pair of Drawers, two shirts 6 pr cotton socks two silk Hand kerchiefs and be sure and send send me 5 or 10 Home made sugar s you know I am very fond of it.

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