Hurtley, William P. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Hurtley, Syracuse, Ohio. Stanford, Ky., 22 September 1863. ALS, 3PP.
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He writes, "On detached duty in Stanford. Escorted rebel prisoners to Lexington. Great country for farming. Nice country but can't see anything but negroes and mules. The negroes in the fields look like black birds and mistakenly think that anyone wearing a blue coat is going to free them."
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