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This collection is comprised of sixteen letters written by John Paul Dull to his wife Jane "Giney" Dull during his six month service in Company "D" of the Fifth Virginia Infantry, Stonewall Brigade. Dull's letters primarily document his camp experiences from his enlistment and arrival at Camp Lee near Richmond, Virginia, to camp at New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia and finally to the Confederate defensive works around Petersburg, Virginia. John P. Dull's final letter to Giny was written the day before he was killed in the Battle of Fort Stedman. Dull's letters document his day-to-day circumstances as a soldier in camp and those of his company and regiment. Primary themes of his writings include news on the weather, his health, living conditions and morale, the religious life in camp, requests and appreciation for food shipments from home, requests for updates about Giny, his father, family, and associates at home, the conditions of the regiment and the future of the war.