Discusses a man named Coffey who is helping his father with his duties, and states that he was unable to make Walton a 'good Union man,' because he believes secession is wrong but also that it is wrong to oppose it. Title: Letter fragment of Barton Bates, Cheneaux, to his father Edward Bates, Washington City, July 7, 1861 . 7 July 1861. Bates, Barton

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Keywords: civil_war, military, washington