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Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Barry, Washington, D.C, to Deborah Weston, November 19th, 1862

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Holograph, signed.In this letter, Augustus Hesse wrote: "Herewith I informe [sic] you and my Wife, that we got Marching Order, but we do not know where to--" He requests that Deborah Weston not send him the box now, until he knows more about their movements. Hesse said: "They say a great Battle is going on--all the Boys are in great spirits and eager to fight." Hesse ends the letter with this thought: "I shall not forget you even in the hotest Battle."The battle mentioned in this letter is the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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