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[ Autographs ] Union Soldier's Letter Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., Camp Clark, Sep. 13, 1862 Sylvester Kimball, 6th Mi., writes his wife: '...We have lots of fun with the peddlers, the women sell poison cakes to the men... holler 'horse turds' for oysters... darnedDutch call everything turd... one of the boys bought a dozen for 15 cents. They all took a taste and then the boys offered them Baton Rouge money... he grabbed his horse turds... and run... I have got mythings blacked and they shine like a niggers ass..."Very good.

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