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Civil War Soldiers Letter 9/16/64 “Old Abe “ twice, Black Soldiers 118 th Ohio

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    Civil War Soldiers Letter 9/16/64
    Old Abe mentioned twice ….
    118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
    “ The campaign is over for the present and we are glad for it has been a hard one. It lasted from the 7 of May till the 5 of September just four months. “
    “ We lost some good boys out of Company F “
    “ One killed at Kingston by bushwhackers. Tom killed the 6th of August by shells in front of campaign. Capt. Ruel was also wounded. “
    “Mcllen is nominee at Chicago. He has some supporters here all the Rebels that we have taken prisoners say that this Presidential Election will decide the war.”
    “ … if Old Abe is elected they know his terms.”
    “ So they will have to give up or fight for four years longer and this they can’t do “
    “ I have changed my views on the nigger question and like Old Abe set them all free. “
    “ There are now in the U. States two hundred thousand Black soldiers in the field defending and aquiring territory to the Union. “
    “ The Peace strategy demands that those be disbanded and turned over to there former masters to be restored to slavery “
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