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24 July1864
exact date of 24 of July 1864
day of the month 24 July 1864
calendar day - 07 of July year - 1864
month of Julydecade of the 1860s.
1800s century


To: Miss Mary L. Merrick
Slaterville, Tompskin, New York.


From: John L. Knapp 9th Indiana Company
Hospital No.1, Chattanooga, Tennessee.


Hospital No. 1
Chattanooga
Four July '64


Dear Friend,

Mary your kind and welcomed letter came to hand the 19th and it found me yet alive and enjoying reasonable health.

Well Mary here I am at No. 1 at the midnight hour trying to [illegible] a few lines [4 illegible words] the groans of the wounded and dying. [3 illegible words] by [illegible] at every word [illegible] writing. Oh how sorry I am for them and am trying to alleviate their sufferings as much as I can. The situation is not a very [illegible] one.





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but you know the [illegible] must be taken [2 x illegible] by some one. Miss Hall is still with us doing all the good she can and she misses [illegible]. Remember her to my friends when writing.

Well Mary the news came today that Atlanta was taken and burnt. Thousand prisoners and it is [illegible]. At least I hope it is true the Rebellion is [illegible] in a fiery [illegible]. [3 x illegible] and [illegible] never to rise again I hope.

Well Mary I [3 x illegible] letter from [3 x illegible] wrote you a double letter from Uncle John [2 x illegible] your [illegible] has them [2 x illegible] was going to [illegible] until I got home.





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I suppose you are anxious to see her. Well if I come home with her I suppose you will be satisfied to [illegible] her stay that length of time. We will then make up for her long absence in visiting our friends and acquaintances. I am surprised that Joe has forsaken his [2 x illegible] he always seemed to think so much of him but I think there is a young lady by the name of [2 x illegible] that lives near my [illegible] that Joe has a very high opinion of. Will he trust [illegible] his [illegible] or I shall sort him out when I come down there as I am [illegible] might [3 x illegible] and your [illegible]





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Did you know: The word "inst" was a very commonly used abbreviation for the Latin "instante mense" meaning this month.




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