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Jeremiah Gage to Patience W.S. Gage (23 May 1861)

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Identifier	Gage_b1f31
Title	Jeremiah Gage to Patience W.S. Gage (23 May 1861)
Author	Gage, Jeremiah
Recipient	Gage, Patience W.S.
Date	23 May 1861
Location	Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)
Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Gage family -- Correspondence
Description	Jeremiah writing of conditions of the Grays at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) and of the beauty of the countryside.
Type	Text
Original Format	correspondence
Original Collection	Gage Family Collection
Collection Finding Aid	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00196/
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
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Citation	Gage Family Collection, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Rights	This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

Title	Gage_b1f31_1
Transcript	Harpers Ferry ) May 23rd 1861 ) My dear Ma.) I have forgotten whether or not I have written you from this place: at any-rate I have a leisure moment and I pre- fer spending it in this way. We have been here some four days- have our lines all up and everything moving smoothly on. I have been very well, with the exception of a little spell at Lynchburg, & some cold that I am yet troubled with. I like the life much better than I expected- have been driving frequently, & can now stand my hand with the best of them,- am use to the fatigue of carrying arms and walking,- will soon be as hardy as a mule. We dont know when we shall have a fight, if at all. Many think we may meet the enemy at any time. - in my own opinion we will not fight soon - and if we do not fight by the 4th July, I believe that some pro- posals of peace will be made by the Federal
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