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G. J. Huntley to Friends, July 16, 1862, page 1

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  • July the 16th, 1862 Camp near Richmond, Va. Dear Friends I now seat myself to inform you of my present situation. I am in common health at this time and I hope my lines will come safe to hand and find you all in the same condition. I have just recovered from a very sick spell. I was taken down the same day that Wm. Jones left Richmond with some­ thing like the cholera. I lay nearly helpless eight days but I have recovered and got to my Regiment yesterday evening. It seems to me that more than half the Regiment is down sick, and they are all very much depressed in spirits and out of heart. All that is over 35 and under 18 will get off in a day or two, I suppose. I read the letter that you started by Wm. Martin but I hant never got no clothes nor nothing to eat from home yet. If you started anything I hant never got it yet. I suffered a power for something to eat while I was in the hospital at Richmond. I paid 50 cts a quart for some irish potatoes, milk 40 cts a quart and butter 1.50 a pound and I could hardly get the things at that price. I suppose Wm. Jones told
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