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Letter written by Rush P. Cady, lieutenant in the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his mother of Rome, New York, from In bivouac near Rappahannock, 4.5 miles below Falmouth, Virginia, May 1, 1863

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Letter written by Rush P. Cady, lieutenant in the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from near Falmouth, Virginia, on May 1, 1863, to his mother, Mrs. Daniel Cady (Fidelia W. Palmer) of Rome, New York

PAGE IMAGESat. morning.-
P.S. We are just ready to march
to Warrenton (Warrenton, Virginia) , 12 miles distant, N.W. (North West)
Probably go to Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia) soon,
don't know. Will write soon again.
The drum beats to “fall in.”

Rush (Cady, Rush Palmer) .
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