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Re: Transcriber Needs Help
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Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>
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Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:53:46 -0400
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Why not contact Civil War re-enactor groups? Those people know  
details about anything and everything of the period. BTW the term  
"foxhole" wasn't used as a place for a soldier to hide until WW I,  
but there were still foxes living in holes long before then.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Sep 25, 2008, at 12:36 PM, jvford5 wrote:

> I'm leaning towards the suggestion that it's French.
> You mentioned that the letter was sent to New Orleans.
> Perhaps the French Quarter? I checked Civil War slang
> and came up with nothing even close. Maybe it's French
> Civil War slang. I agree with Westview, it would help if
> we knew the context...
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