"Holograph, signed. Augustus Hesse and his unit were mustered into the U.S. army this morning. Hesse reports: \"I belong in the 9th Mass. Battery.\" The town of Weymouth put Hesse out of their quota; Hesse argues that this was wrong. He says: \"I was ready to respond to the call for 300,000 men, I was happy that there was giving me a opportunity in Weymouth to put down the Rebellion fighting for Liberty which I so dear love, and to fight against Slavery which I hate.\" Hesse concludes: \"I dit [sic] my duty to fill up the Quota of Weymouth---Will Weymouth do their duty to give me the Bounty they promised me---...\""
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"Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Stanton, Lynnfield, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, Aug. 10, 1862"
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creators
"Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867 (Author); Weston, Deborah, b. 1814 (Addressee)"
