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off the most of the stock The
inhabitants execrate and hate Lowell
and the 2^nd Mass [Massachusetts] beyond the power
of language to express, but War is war
and friendship ceases where we can
only moove [move] by the strong arm of power
and life is only safe by the power
to defend it on our side I received
twoo [two] Ohio Papers a few dayes [days] ago
and the direction looked like
Lester A's hand writing I do not
know from whoom [whom] they came without
who sent them The name of A Hach
was on one I begin to think our
chances to winter at Falls Church this
winter is a slender one from our connection
with this Brigade The Ladies of that place
sent a petition to the secretary of war
asking that we be sent back their [there]
You see by this how the the dear ones prize
the protecting arms of ours Fair ones
we grieve to disappoint you, The more so
that we could there combine duty
with pleasure but we must go
where the powers that be think best not as
we will, I think it more than probable
that we may go into winter quarters
somewhere at the lower end of the
Valley near Harpers Ferry, Virginia But I have
a hope that our worthy Uncle will think
that he has no further use for us
as I trust by putting the right man in
president The Rebs will become disheartened
A peace man will never do the Soldiers
They will fight for that but never vote
it Fremont is worse still, only ambitious
to defeat the greatest and purest statesman
of the Times Abraham Lincoln I hope all of
our friends there will rally and
support us who are here and must
bear the brunt of war though it takes our
hearts blood Do not encourage our enemys [enemies]