Cordia's Will: A Civil War Story of Love and Loss
Still, she did not find the same amount of comfort in his letter as his sister did.
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On August 9, Franz Sigel’s men were camped south of Wilson’s Creek, near Springfield. Will took a few moments that evening to write Cordia another letter. Though he had yet to mail the last one he had written to her, he had a strange feeling about what might happen the next day. It was difficult to gather much information from the officers; however, he was fairly certain there would be a battle tomorrow. He had heard enough to know that the Confederate Army, under Gen. McCulloch, was bivouacked nearer to the creek. He also knew that Lyon’s men were camped just north of the creek. Now, he was not a milit
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