Civil War letter Confederate? mentions Columbus Ky? hand-delivered

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Civil War letter Confederate? mentions Columbus Ky? hand-delivered:
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\"To. Emaline Butcher From. A. B. Richards\". This appears to be a continuation of a missing first part of the letter, as the first complete sentence is \"Sunday morning again as soon as I Received yours I sat down to tell you how how (sic) much good it done me...\" \"tell my boys to recollect that there father is A Soldier defend there home for them the guns you heard was at Columbus it was owen? gun boats throwing shells what affect we don\'t know there is forty thousand of them devels thare from what I can learn there will be A big fight thare Soon They are Shipping A great many canon...\" \"my friend Moody will fetch this letter to you\" I infer from this the writer is a Confederate soldier defending Columbus Kentucky (although the battle was actually across the Mississippi in Belmont Missouri). Written on a sheet of paper about 9.5\" x 7.5\", folded in two. Additional folds to fit into the envelope.