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Though this 22nd is dark and gloomy; may that 22nd yet dawn which shall behold our unsullied banner floating in triumph over our Southern homes faned by the gentle zephyrs of Heaven.  I am glad to hear you are in such a high class.  I am in the 3rd Class (alias) Sophmores.  I have just commenced studying French, also.  I don't think it tis at all hard, on the other hand it is very easy.  I would rather read some some good novel, than bother my head about \"Je poole\".  Since the great disaster to our arms at Roanoke Island, and Fort Donalson, the Cadets have all tendered the services to Gov. Letcher.  I don't suppose he will except us.  We have not heard from him yet.  I wish he would accept us.  I think every one ought to be in the field.  I had no idea your school is as large, as you say.  We have three hundred here.  Tell Miss Georgiana (is that her name?) that Mr. Selden is here and a very pleasant young man.  Give my best love to Miss Georgia, complement her highly on her beautiful hand writing.  My room mates all agreed with me that she wrote a beautiful hand - would that I could write one half as good.  Tell me her name in your next.  I am bound to come down to see her, and close her from all your blushing roses, as the sweetest, the loveliest, the best.  We are going to have a grand dinner today, seventy-five turkeys to celebrate the 22nd.  We would have fired thirteen cannons this morning - but it was to wet.  Dandridge is not here. All are well at home when I last heard, they write you oftener than they do me.  Bose wrote me he was not going to enlist again, for some time.  You asked me to come up and see you Easter I wish I could.  I will not see you for two years.  I will not be allowed to go home next summer at all, unless I withdraw altogether.  Were I to stay here it would take me to years to graduate, which is a long long time.  I never cantemplate any thing of the kind now.  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Today above all others ought to have been bright and clear, as it tis the day on which our glorious President is to be inaugurated.  All honour to him; and to our glorious young Confederacy! Which he pledges his sacred honour to maintain.  Though this 22nd is dark and gloomy; may that 22nd yet dawn which shall behold our unsullied banner floating in triumph over our Southern homes faned by the gentle zephyrs of Heaven.  I am glad to hear you are in such a high class.  I am in the 3rd Class (alias) Sophmores.  I have just commenced studying French, also.  I don't think it tis at all hard, on the other hand it is very easy.  I would rather read some some good novel, than bother my head about \"Je poole\".  Since the great disaster to our arms at Roanoke Island, and Fort Donalson, the Cadets have all tendered the services to Gov. Letcher.  I don't suppose he will except us.  We have not heard from him yet.  I wish he would accept us.  I think every one ought to be in the field.  I had no idea your school is as large, as you say.  We have three hundred here.  Tell Miss Georgiana (is that her name?) that Mr. Selden is here and a very pleasant young man.  Give my best love to Miss Georgia, complement her highly on her beautiful hand writing.  My room mates all agreed with me that she wrote a beautiful hand - would that I could write one half as good.  Tell me her name in your next.  I am bound to come down to see her, and close her from all your blushing roses, as the sweetest, the loveliest, the best.  We are going to have a grand dinner today, seventy-five turkeys to celebrate the 22nd.  We would have fired thirteen cannons this morning - but it was to wet.  Dandridge is not here. All are well at home when I last heard, they write you oftener than they do me.  Bose wrote me he was not going to enlist again, for some time.  You asked me to come up and see you Easter I wish I could.  I will not see you for two years.  I will not be allowed to go home next summer at all, unless I withdraw altogether.  Were I to stay here it would take me to years to graduate, which is a long long time.  I never cantemplate any thing of the kind now.  Times are so very uncertain, we realize now more than ever the quotation \"No man can tell what a day may bring forth\".  Well Kate I must close, write me very soon.  Love to Nannie and Misses -\u003cbr/\u003e \nand believe me your aff brother\u003cbr/\u003e\n(signed)  John B. Snodgrass\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["Virginia Military Inst \nFeb 22nd 1862","My Dear Sister, \nColonel Tate has decreed that I shan't go to Lexington, today, for tis raining hard, and I am forced to stay close to barracks.  My roommate and myself had intended to pay \"our respects\" to two young \"Misses\" but have thus been foiled.  Today above all others ought to have been bright and clear, as it tis the day on which our glorious President is to be inaugurated.  All honour to him; and to our glorious young Confederacy! Which he pledges his sacred honour to maintain.  Though this 22nd is dark and gloomy; may that 22nd yet dawn which shall behold our unsullied banner floating in triumph over our Southern homes faned by the gentle zephyrs of Heaven.  I am glad to hear you are in such a high class.  I am in the 3rd Class (alias) Sophmores.  I have just commenced studying French, also.  I don't think it tis at all hard, on the other hand it is very easy.  I would rather read some some good novel, than bother my head about \"Je poole\".  Since the great disaster to our arms at Roanoke Island, and Fort Donalson, the Cadets have all tendered the services to Gov. Letcher.  I don't suppose he will except us.  We have not heard from him yet.  I wish he would accept us.  I think every one ought to be in the field.  I had no idea your school is as large, as you say.  We have three hundred here.  Tell Miss Georgiana (is that her name?) that Mr. Selden is here and a very pleasant young man.  Give my best love to Miss Georgia, complement her highly on her beautiful hand writing.  My room mates all agreed with me that she wrote a beautiful hand - would that I could write one half as good.  Tell me her name in your next.  I am bound to come down to see her, and close her from all your blushing roses, as the sweetest, the loveliest, the best.  We are going to have a grand dinner today, seventy-five turkeys to celebrate the 22nd.  We would have fired thirteen cannons this morning - but it was to wet.  Dandridge is not here. All are well at home when I last heard, they write you oftener than they do me.  Bose wrote me he was not going to enlist again, for some time.  You asked me to come up and see you Easter I wish I could.  I will not see you for two years.  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When they came before, it was in the night. The citizens had the Court house bell rang. George Murphy and Mr. Hopkins went in a hurry to Darksville. Mr. Young came out to Uncle Williams and stayed that night.  Ma seems to have given up all hope of hearing from us soon.  Since the mail does not go to Martinsburg. She told me to direct to Winchester to be forwarded to Martinsburg. So you better do the same. Ma says she has heard the scarlet fever is at the University. She is very uneasy about you. You must write to me if you are sick, as Ma told me to go down and see you if you were sick. So write me immediately if you should be sick, which I hope you will not, notwithstanding I want to see you very much and a certain Miss --  at the Institute. I suppose you have not heard of the death of Mr. Dabney Harrison, he was killed in the battle at Fort Donalson.  He has fallen in a glorious cause, his friends should not weep. When the Federals came to Martinsburg, Aunt Susan's Polly came over with them. Two men in town arrested her, and sent word to Mr. H. who went to town, and got her, and took her in a great hurry to Winchester, where she is now in prison. I hope her capture will deter ours from running off. No doubt it was an agreeable surprise to Aunt Susan. Mr. H expects to be used roughly by the Federals for taking her out of town. He wrote me if the Yankees used him badly, he would join the army and be revenged. Well Kate I must close.  Give my love to Nannie and all other friends. Write me very often, as I am always glad to hear from you.   \nGoodbye yours aff. \nBrother (signed)  John B. Snodgrass","Written from VMI, Lexington, Virginia. 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I know how all in Martinsburg and how Ma feels about the boys – hope they will hear in some way that they are safe – I would not be surprised if Grand Ma has gotten home. Communication is of course open between Maryland, and that part of the valley now subject to the Yankee despotism. [?] Delaplane has been over to see them at home I suppose - he would come, if none of Uncle Johns family did.  I am sorry to see you are dissatisfied and long to be home. It is of course natural that you should feel in that way since you are deprived of hearing from home - don't despair, it may be a long time, before you can see home again - and it may be a short time - none can tell but I hope when we do hear, all will be right. Bose told me in his letter,  that his time in the army would be up - the eighteenth of April. 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He is well – going back or rather by this time has gone back to his company – he said that Arch and Jack had reported back to their company.  I was sorry to learn that Joe McMarran was taken prisoner. He has been sent to Baltimore. I hope he will be treated kindly – his mother and sisters will be much distressed about him. I know how all in Martinsburg and how Ma feels about the boys – hope they will hear in some way that they are safe – I would not be surprised if Grand Ma has gotten home. Communication is of course open between Maryland, and that part of the valley now subject to the Yankee despotism. [?] Delaplane has been over to see them at home I suppose - he would come, if none of Uncle Johns family did.  I am sorry to see you are dissatisfied and long to be home. It is of course natural that you should feel in that way since you are deprived of hearing from home - don't despair, it may be a long time, before you can see home again - and it may be a short time - none can tell but I hope when we do hear, all will be right. Bose told me in his letter,  that his time in the army would be up - the eighteenth of April. He is coming to see me - on his way down to Capt Pelhorns company - I wouldn't stop much to go down with him - I went yesterday with several boys to explore a cave about 2 miles from the Institute. We went several hundred feet under the ground past through some of the most perfect rooms I ever saw. I believe no one has ever gone to the bottom of it - several boys have gone over today to go farther down in it than we went yesterday - Will H among the number - Well Kate I must close - Goodbye  Love to Nannie - write soon\u003cbr/\u003e\nYour aff. Brother\u003cbr/\u003e\n(signed)  John B. 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Genl Smith told us he intended to lead us out to meet them, if they came a thousand strong. He had provisions cooked for us as to take with us on our way to Lynchburg or Richmond if they came in too large a force for us to meet them. I assure you I was very sorry when I heard they were not coming to Staunton. Genl Smith wrote to Genl Jackson tendering him our services. Genl Jackson replied, that he would keep us as a reserve body.  That we could be of immense service to him and that he would call upon us when he wanted us – that we must keep ourselves constantly in readiness.  I do hope he will call upon us. It will be the proudest day of my life when we receive marching orders to defend our own homes against the invader.  I am not content to stay here, when the Old Dominion – The Mother of Statesmen and heroes is calling so loudly upon her sons to rally to her defense – when this bloody war is over. 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I am not content to stay here, when the Old Dominion – The Mother of Statesmen and heroes is calling so loudly upon her sons to rally to her defense – when this bloody war is over. What a pleasure it will be to every son of Virginia to know that he was so manly and brave as to lay his life upon his countrys altar. Don't be surprised if you should see me in Charlottesville some of these pretty days. I am now waiting to hear from Bose, for permission to resign. Genl  S. will not accept my resignation without permission. Why are you so homesick – cheer up. It will not be long before you can get home.  If the great battle at Yorktown is fought – the Yankees will leave the valley quicker than they came into it!  Genl S told me yesterday they were falling back toward the Potomac – hope it is true. Genl Jackson (Stonewall Jackson) is not at Gordonsville he is in the neighbourhood of Harrisonburg – near the blue ridge. 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