A reproduction of the original and typed transcription of letter from William C. Little to Leander Harris, dated July 30, Year Unknown [1862?]

Little, William C

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Transcription:[fragment letter - no salutation, address or year]July 30th No weather for haying to day, so I will try and finish this letter to you. I believe I acknowledged the receipt of two little spicy sheets issuedby your Regt, in my last letter to you. I sent you my last N.Y. Tribune yesterday I am aware that it is not a favorite with you, and if you do not wish to receive one occasionally just let me know. I do not endorse all the peculiar ideas of the Editors I assureyou, and I do not expect you will, but there is a good deal of valuable informationto be gleaned from it notwithstanding. The No I sent you contains some important acts passed by Congress which I thought you would like to read, also Ben Butler’s defence of his celebrated woman order, whis [which] has made him notorious not only in this country, but in England and France also There is not a northern man in the south so detested by the Rebels, as old Transcription:Ben he possesses a pluck and energy requisite for his station, something the milk and water stamp would do well to imitate. It also contains a speech by Chandler, entitled" strategy,reviewed" which I think should not have been published unde existing circumstances I think facts will not warrant him in being so severe on McClellan he has had no such insignificant foe to contend with as Mr Chandler would have us beleive. the fact is we have had victory after victory and congress was led to believe that we had men enough in the field they might have had 100,000 men six months ago which they declined takeing which if they had accepted and rein--forced McClellan in my opinion our troops would have been in Richmond to day. undoubtedly it would have been better to have engaged the enemy before he had concentrated all hisTranscription:forces at one point, but as it was I think McClellan done as well as could be expected under the circumstances It is stated that the Rebels have 190,000 troops in and around Richmond 70,000 under Jackson making 260,000 in Va The prospect for peace is not very encouraging. England and France are suffering on account of the war and are getting impatient and may find some pretext for interfering in some way Julia sends her love and best wishes to you and says she would like to show you our baby and see if you did not think we had good luck this time I received a letter from Joseph just beforehe left Tortugas, and Julia has received one since he landed at Port Royal he writes in good spirits and seems to enjoy the prospect in anticipation of haveing a hand in the fight at Charleston. The same mail that Transcription:brought your last letter, brought one from Elmer to Julia, he says it is as hot as blazes out there, and he is drilled or reviewed every day he is in Pope’s Div. and he will in my opinion have a chance to see active service soon Your old friend Eliza Noyes is learning to make shoes she passes by every day, [minus] hoops, and looks all of the way of a size ^[biziness] as every old maid shouldJoshua F Noyes has built him a new barn Anson L Ring is building him a house right front of Mr Carlands houseThe act relating to soldier’s familyshas been so amended at the late session as to includ the families of those who enlisted out of the State so that they can have the full benefits of the law. those who die in the service or are dischaged from disability, their families are entitled to aid from the town six months after such decease or dischargeWrite soon do you have any fruit orother luxuries down there, how are the cropsthere &cYours truly Wm C. Little

Letter from William C. Little to Leander Harris, July 30, Year Unknown

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Letter from William C. Little to Leander Harris, July 30, Year Unknown

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