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Thanksgiving at Camp Meigs: Letters from a Soldier
A soldier at Camp Meigs in Washington writes of Thanksgiving preparations and meals in the army, crowded stations with soldiers and civilians buying tickets, and chance encounters with veterans and townsfolk. He notes transfers, discharge hopes, and reflections on missing home life, ending with plans for dinner as rain begins.
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Dinsiggy
Holland
Speerstra
Grand Rapids
Finc
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Washington Union Sta
Here
Longwell
Muscatine
Pella
Winterset
Washington
Valley Junction
Fred Cook
Earl Black
Tolks
Fred
Boston
Gamezs Long
W. A. Young, Co
Camp Meigs