Did he express any specific rules or influences of Northerners that he
found oppressive?  Did he feel oppressed by laws that forbade folks to aid
a slave seeking freedom?

                                         Anne

At 04:04 PM 2/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>A letter written in May 1862 by one of my many Confederate ancestors makes
>it very plain that he was fighting to defend his home and the state of
>Virginia from the Yankees' invasion.  He expresses a wish for independence
>from the rule and influence of the Northerners. He was a yeoman farmer,
>though educated, and his grandfather fought in the Rev. War.
>
>Joan
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