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Sorry, got home, opened email, and off I went on other errands.
No wonder the "moved to Florida" sounded familiar Minor gave me a
Cumberland list which I published in issue 2 of this year. I think it is
the same one.
Barbara Vines Little, CG
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Orange, VA 22960
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Tom Gilmore wrote:
> Not sure I've tapped into the right message board, but here goes:
>
> In attempting to transcribe letter from CSA soldier to his sister in New
> Orleans, I have one sentence that will NOT come clear. Any ideas much
> appreciated. The sentence in question:
>
> " I hope to be with you someday soon if the fauksokutters do not get in;
> there are plenty of them in ????? 50 miles from us."
>
> I imagine it may be some vile word in reference to Yankees. I've never seen
> it before and have wracked my brain over it. I've broken the word down and
> still can't make sense of it. When I went to UNC I looked specifically at
> fauksokutters. In the original, it was spelled just like that.
>
> Tom Gilmore
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