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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Maj. ROBERT ANDERSON probably had his first “oh shit” moment of his Army career. Writing this letter is an attempt to avoid the coming charlie foxtrot.

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31 posted on 12/14/2020 6:33:01 AM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: M Kehoe
But who did he write it to? It doesn't seem like a responsible CO - and Anderson was nothing if not responsible - would write to a newspaper in hostile territory and describe how vulnerable he was. How did the Richmond Whig get the letter?
32 posted on 12/14/2020 6:50:20 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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