Feature Letter of April 3rd, 2026
Bell, William Henry
Its raining here as usual and the cannon are roaring on allside it stops raining here when ever the guns stop firing so you can imagine how much good weather there is
You people all seem to thing I am sorry I enlisted well I hate to say I am not but I ain't cause I would never of been contented at home if I hadn't but just you wait and see how contented I will be when I get back where a fellow can get three good meals a day and a couple of washes and not be lousy and have a place to sleep in say this makes a fellow realize what a sweet place home is even if it is a mile from the road...Say you know or I don't know wether you know or not the yerning a fellow has to here the guns well I don't think I will ever have that yerning again.
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