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Camp Peoria Peoria Ills. Sept. 23. 1862 Dear Father I have just eaten a | Camp Peoria Peoria Ills. Sept. 23. 1862 Dear Father I have just eaten a lonely dinner after a hard [illegible] drill which is good to give one an appetite for his "army grub". I am now (for the first time for several days) without any of our relatives from the outside in Camp. Uncle Caroll came to Peoria yesterday & was in camp until yesterday afternoon- He & Ros. left in the 3 o-clock train. The things Oliver fetched up are not near all gone yet- the biscuits I hain't hardly touched but the Butter & Fruit is going right along. There are so many of the soldiers Friends coming in now a days that we get almost over stocked with good victuals & I don't Know as the Boys are any better | ||
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Camp Peoria Peoria Ills. Sept. 23. 1862 Dear Father I have just eaten a lonely dinner after a hard [illegible] drill which is good to give one an appetite for his "army grub". I am now (for the first time for several days) without any of our relatives from the outside in Camp. Uncle Caroll came to Peoria yesterday & was in camp until yesterday afternoon- He & Ros. left in the 3 o-clock train. The things Oliver fetched up are not near all gone yet- the biscuits I hain't hardly touched but the Butter & Fruit is going right along. There are so many of the soldiers Friends coming in now a days that we get almost over stocked with good victuals & I don't Know as the Boys are any better