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Harrison E. Randall Letters

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Document Type: Autograph Letter Signed

Author: H. E. Randall
Date: April 23, 1865
Place: Raleigh, North Carolina
To: Z. H. Randall

Physical Description: ink on paper; 3 pages (21 x 13 cm) on 1 folded sheet

Number: MSN CW 5013-68


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Raleigh N C
Apr 23rd 1865
Dear Father

As this is Sunday morning I will try and write you It takes some time for letters to go and come from the north and that being the case we should have several on the way at a time There is not much to write only what you have heard before this will reach you The most that is being done is to review the troops in this Army Gen Sherman has reviewed three A C The first was the 10" under Maj Gen Terry the one that took Fort Fisher and the next was ours and yesterday the 20" as large if not the largest in the field

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The papers rather give us the promise of makeing the best appearance on review The paper sayes that we are one of the best A C if not the very best in the service Isuppose that you have read upon what agreement Sherman and Johnson [i.e., General Joseph E. Johnston] have hit uppon a staff officer has gone to washington to get them signed and as soon as he gets back we shall know all of the particulars concerning the surrender But if they had not come to some terms we should not be laying here doing nothing For the Comdg Gen is not a man that would stop here as he has done and let the rebil army go as it saw fit I expect to be ere long on my way home but we have to march through to Richmond and further so they say To arlington heights

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It will take us almost one month and that in the heat of the spring and summer But I can stand it if any of them can I always have I do not think we shall start before the first of May if we do then It is quite cool this morning to what it has been for the past few days It will not be so long Every thing is nice corn potatoes and all such two week ago I saw peas ten inches high and all things are very forward the most I ever saw The trees are all leave out full And we are camped in very heavy timber with the underbrush all cut out and polieced clean I shall have to close Excuse all mistakes and receive this from you son

H E Randall

 
Transcription last modified: 13 Oct 2005 at 12:53 PM EDT


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