Laban Blair to Richard Yates

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Title

Laban Blair to Richard Yates

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

1863-08-26

Format

pdf

Language

en

Identifier

503773

Transcription

Camp Butler

Aug, the, 26th 1863

Dear Sir it is with plusure that I now take the opernitunity to rite you a fue lines to inform you the situation that I am now in I am in the gard house at Camp butler and ben confind for 4 months I had a coartmarshal three months ago and hav not recived my centans yet and thare is ben three or four men that hav had thare tryal and recived thar centans and hav gon away and I was tryed 3 months before them and the officers


In this camp doant car kow more for us than a dog the gard house is made of logs and the flour is made of logs and it is a nuf to kill the best Soldier that ever was made I am a hold Sowl Soldier and i hav foght for this goverment and I am know rebal nor know coperhed and I am willin to go back to my regt and doo my dooty like a man now gov If you can doo any thing for me I will remember you till my last - this is all from

Laban Blair Co C 58 Ills vol

A prisoner in the gard hou


attended to

Blair Labon

File B.

Camp Butler Aug 26, 1863.

He has been confined in guard house for four months wishes the Governor to have him released and permitted to go to his regt he is a member of 58 Ill

 

Recd Ex O. Sept 5 1863

Status

Complete

Percent Completed

100

Weight

20

Original Format

3

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