to surrender and I believe the news
is that Johnson has surrenderd or is
a bout to give up and say they are
whiped and I think if that be
true that you will soon get home
and can celabrate the fourth of
July at home or I hope you may
any how, but not withstanding the
good news there is bad too. the
Death of Lincoln is sorrowfull
news to all the loyal people and
has been the cause of some of the
copperheads turning and say they
dont want to be called Democrats
any more for they dont want to
belong to such a party any longer
and some of them say that the
best news they have heard was
that Lincoln was killed. I dont
want them to say that where I
am or I would be tempted to strike
them with any thing that I could
get a holt of first if I was to
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