Dear Captain, —
How are you? I'm prisoner of war. It seems to run in the family.* I hope you
won't have it. I wish that you may find a speedy end of your service in the
West. I have had a very pleasant week at home, but am very impatient to
be back to the regiment.
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* Colonel William Dwight, Jr. was taken prisoner after the
battle of Williamsburg.
SOURCE: Elizabeth Amelia Dwight, Editor, Life and
Letters of Wilder Dwight: Lieut.-Col. Second Mass. Inf. Vols., p. 271
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