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Robert J. Moyle letters, 1862-1906
04_1862-11-13 Page 02
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The went ashore to wood and run her sterrn into the Bank and Broke her rudder and drifted down the river about 1/4 of a mile when a nother Boat Came along Side and took her in tow and Brought her in to helena it is not a very nice Place very low and swampy and about as large a Place as Salem or Perhaps little larger there are several nice residenes here one is that of general Pillow and another of Gen. hindman Boath rebel generals the country Back of the town they tell me is very nice and Splendid Plantations But what i have seen of the South i think very little of i have not seen any Place that i would live in as yet there is three gun Boats laying off the town ready for any immergency and it is said that there is any amount of Rebels through the Country here
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The went ashore to wood and run her sterrn into the Bank and Broke her rudder and drifted down the river about 1/4 of a mile when a nother Boat Came along Side and took her in tow and Brought her in to helena it is not a very nice Place very low and swampy and about as large a Place as Salem or Perhaps little larger there are several nice residenes here one is that of general Pillow and another of Gen. hindman Boath rebel generals the country Back of the town they tell me is very nice and Splendid Plantations But what i have seen of the South i think very little of i have not seen any Place that i would live in as yet there is three gun Boats laying off the town ready for any immergency and it is said that there is any amount of Rebels through the Country here
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