Letter, 1865 July 16, [Camp near] Orangeburg, S.C., [to] "my dear Mary."

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Lee, Charles F., fl. 1865. Letter, 1865 July 16, [Camp near] Orangeburg, S.C., [to] "my dear Mary."

Letter, 1865 July 16, [Camp near] Orangeburg, S.C., [to] "my dear Mary."

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Describes regimental camp two miles from Orangeburg, S.C., the town, including buildings burned by Gen. William T. Sherman, and initial hostility of the local populace, especially towards the African American troops placed in command. Expressing admiration for the people "even if they were engaged in a bad cause", Lee notes that all but "a few reckless men" had accepted the results of the war. He discusses plans to be home by October, and explains that he was continuing to serve with the occupying army in part because "we have some colored officers lately commissoned and there has been quite a disturbance about it, and being one who believes in this thing I am determined to see it through."

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