General  Pershing  inspected  our  division  last  Sunday.  It  was
quite  an  interesting  occasion.  He  said  many  nice  things  about
us,  too.  General  Pershing  is  a  fine  appearing  man— "every  inch
a  soldier,"  and  a  commander-in-chief  to  be  proud  of.
We  expect  to  turn  in  our  horses  and  guns  in  a  few  days,  .so
perhaps  we  will  leave  here  .soon.
Love,

Eldon  J.  Can-right,
Medical  Department,  149th  Field  Artillery,
A.  E.  F..  A.  P.  O.  No.  715.
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A  LETTER  FROM  RACINE  IN  1843i

Racine,  December  19th,  1843.
My  dear  Uncle:  Having  a  little  leisure  time  a  few  evenings'
since,  I  attempted  to  mark  out  on  paper  something  to  give  you  an
idea  of  the  location  &  general  ai)pearance  of  our  village.  The
production  you  will  find  on  the  other  part  of  this  sheet.  It  is  (or
I  need  not  say)  that  it  is  a  very  imperfect  thing,  but  with  a  little
exjjlanation  it  may  serse  the  purpose  designed.  You  will  observe
that  it  lies  directly  on  the  shore  of  the  Lake,  Michigan  Street
being  on  the  beach.  It  then  rises  quite  abruptly  forty  feet  above
the  Lake  level  &  then  assumes  an  almost  perfect  level.  By  a
reference  to  the  accompaning  map  you  will  observe  that  Root
River  comes  in  &  passes  through  nearly  the  centre  of  the  village.
