The reader will notice that Frank's letters home were more frequent during the early days of his life in the Cavalry. This can reasonably be attributed, in part, to the remoteness of the areas where he was; to haphazard mail delivery, about which he often complained, along with any number of other reasons. However, it may also be that not all of Frank's letters have survived. Indeed, since none of the letters in this collection which, to the best of my knowledge, are all that were saved, refer to the death of his brother in September of 1864, it is likely that there were other letters. Still, those which have been preserved tell an interesting story of life in the Cavalry on the western front.

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