{"id":309,"date":"2012-03-06T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-shannon\/?p=309"},"modified":"2021-12-05T10:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T15:13:30","slug":"march-26-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/csc-home\/2012\/03\/06\/march-26-1862\/","title":{"rendered":"March 26, 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nMarch<\/span>
\n26<\/span>
\nCamp Franklin
\nThey<\/span> have had a battle
\nat Winchester and we have gained
\nanother victory. Shields is the hero.
\nWe still remain here and undoubtedly
\nshall continue to remain until some
\nnew event occurs.
\nI<\/span> hardly know whether we
\nare destined to go down to the river.
\nThe whole thing looks strangely to
\nme. We shall see however in a
\nfew days.
\nLizzie’s<\/span> transcript reached me
\nthis morning with a very pretty
\npiece in it by \u201cIsa O. Hale.\u201d Good
\nI am pleased. I was not mistaken
\nin Lizzie\u2019s capabilities. But here\u2019s
\nso much beyond my expectations.
\nShe is gaining laurels at home
\nwhile I reap an occasional one
\nabroad. Good, say I once more.
\nYes, and better still, it is grand.<\/p>\n
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Of late I have been making very
\nmany purchases, today I bought a
\nhorse. It will be a very costly
\nestablishment for me indeed. But
\nthe experience is going to [Carrot<\/em>: be] fine.
\n* * * *<\/span>
\nHave<\/span> been studying of late
\nMcDougall on the \u201ctheory of war\u201d and
\nenjoyed it exceedingly.<\/p>\n

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p.m.
\nThis<\/span> evening I have been writing to
\nLillie [Lizzie?]\u2014would that I could be with her!
\n * * * *<\/span>
\n“Pensez<\/span> a moi ma chere amie.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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