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G. J. Huntley to Miss Tincy Huntley, April, 1863, page 3

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  • April the 5th /63 Well I seat myself this morning to finish my letter. I can inform you that I have been on picket since I came to camp. I could see the Yankies. They say they are tired of the war. We picket right on the banks of the Rappahannock where George Washington throwed the rock across. There is some of the master bottom land on the Rappahannock that I ever saw. It is about 4 miles wide and is rich as I ever saw. And there is some of the oldest negroes here that I ever saw before. I think they was on some nob in time of the flood and they are so black that the chickens goes to roost everytime they come about the house. I can inform you that I have witnessed the whipping of two soldiers since I come to camp. The times is hard, I expect to remain cheerful as long as life lasts. My health has been very good ever since I came to camp with the
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