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10-10-1861 William Fisher Letter. Washington, D. C. Oct 10th 1861 [Thursday]<\/p>\n

Dear Father<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t received a letter from you yet. I\u2019ve written twice since I\u2019ve been in Washington, [D.C.] before this. If this reaches you, write and tell me of all the news. How the family are getting along (too?). And if it don\u2019t reach you, write and tell so that I can write again. <\/p>\n

I went to the Review on Tuesday. There I saw McClellan. I had a good view of him from the pictures you\u2019ve seen of him you\u2019d have no idea of the looks of the man. When I saw the guard come round, I didn\u2019t know him from the rest. He dressed very plain; is rather stout; has a light mustache and has a very clear eye. <\/p>\n

I also saw the President and his wife. I took a good look at him. He is just like the last photograph you saw of him in Harper\u2019s Weekly.<\/p>\n

I also saw McDowell, Sickles, Colonel Blenker and Prince de Joinville.<\/p>\n

There were reviewed six thousand cavalry and a great many artillery.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve nothing else to tell at present so I will close. Give my love to all the family.<\/p>\n

Your Affectionate son<\/p>\n

Wm J. Fisher<\/p>\n

There is a regiment of Cavalry passing my window as I write. WJF<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":2273,"height":2858,"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-239x300.jpg","width":239,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-239x300.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-768x966.jpg","width":768,"height":966,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-768x966.jpg"},"large":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-1591x2000.jpg","width":1591,"height":2000,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-1591x2000.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-300x300.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-300x300.jpg"},"post_thumbnail":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-150x150.jpg"},"single-post-thumbnail":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-150x150.jpg"},"home-post-thumbnail":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-200x200.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter-200x200.jpg"},"full":{"file":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter.jpg","width":2273,"height":2858,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter.jpg","filename":"10-10-1861-William-Fisher-Letter.jpg","filesize":1801668,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8490"}]}}