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Letter: George L. Cunningham to George L. Cunningham, Sr., April 21, 1862

[George L. Cunningham to his father, George L. Cunningham, Sr.]
Yorktown va
April The 21 1862
Dear father it is with pleasure
I take my pen in han to drope
you a few linesto in form yow That we
air in Tolerble good helath Consid
ern the long march we had to
March I hope when thouse few lines
Comes to han they may find yow and
all the rest of the famley enjoying good
health we air eccspectting a big feight
evry minit at this place The yankeys
has a bout one hundred & eighty
Thousand men we have form one
hundred & forty thoussand men at this
pleace we air foryfeid on the line
seven or eight miles seven men
deep a long the line I eccspect
we will have the hardist feight that
ever has bin heard of I wood be
to seay you all but I am a freid
it will be a long time if should
live to git though this batle

[George L. Cunningham to his father, George L. Cunningham, Sr.]
Yorktown va
April The 21 1862
Dear father it is with pleasure
I take my pen in han to drope
you a few linesto in form yow That we
air in Tolerble good helath Consid
ern the long march we had to
March I hope when thouse few lines
Comes to han they may find yow and
all the rest of the famley enjoying good
health we air eccspectting a big feight
evry minit at this place The yankeys
has a bout one hundred & eighty
Thousand men we have form one
hundred & forty thoussand men at this
pleace we air foryfeid on the line
seven or eight miles seven men
deep a long the line I eccspect
we will have the hardist feight that
ever has bin heard of I wood be
to seay you all but I am a freid
it will be a long time if should
live to git though this batle