Below I give what I think to be a solution of enigma N^o 3.

15Holt is a county in Mo…             

If this is right, You have made one slight mistake Your 3.2.11 does not spell mew, but MLW. /

 

Through our correspondence permit me to send you an enigma to solve.

      I am composed of 31 letters

My 1-17-7-9-18-26 is the Christain name of one of our hospital nurses.

My 2-7-9-30 is a place we love,

My 3-21-25-28 is the Christian name of one of my tent mates

My 4-24-11-10-20-13 is a Girls name,

My 5-18-6-19 is a useful article made of metal,

My 6-11-24-13-22-20 is a man’s scriptural name,

My 7-13-1-26 is a kind of grain,

My 8-18-12-17-13-5 is a boy’s scriptural name,

My 9-13-6-19 we sometimes anxiously wait for,

My 10-14-6-7-5 is what we desire to see,

My 11-6-14 prevails to a great extent in the army,

My 12-7-18-15 is a useful harmless reptile,

My 13-20-23-26 is a range of mountains in Europe,

My 14-7-3-19-20 is the name of a statesman who died not long since,

My 15-28-25-11-26 is something the Girls like

My 16-22-1-17 is in the christian name of our 2^nd hospital nurse,

My 17-10-3-26-12-27-31 is the surname of our hospital steward,

My 18-6-24 is what no thing can live without,

My 19-7-29-25 should possess every heart, /

My 20-3-12-1-25-28-11 is what we sometimes anxiously look for,

My 21-25-13-28 is a wild animal,

My 22-24-6-3 is a County in New York,

My 23-24-6-31-27 goes before destruction,

My 24-7-9-30 is a city in NY State

My 25-13-11-3-20 is something painters use,

My 26-4-9-14-22-24 is the name of a General who is dead,

My 27-29-6-19 all should shun & refuse,

My 28-25-11-1 is what everything needs,

My 29-3-6-20 is an article of Ladies dress,

My 30-14-6 is a man’s scriptural name,

My whole is the saying of a great General, and statesman, and is often printed, written, and quoted by public speakers, and in private conversation. Yours respectfully  To solve.

                                                      Stephen R Whitney,

Fort Pennsylvania,                                    Co C 7^th Reg^t New York

      April 5^th 1863                          SV, Heavy Artillery,

                                                                  Washington,

                                                                              DC… /

[in another hand]

My 1=7=10=32 is                                     Wirt

My 2=30=31=11=3=22                            Hunter

My 5=4=31=9=18=19 is                           Ernest

My 33=30=32=20 is                                 Ruth

My 15=16=6=21=32 is                             Ellet

My 17=12=29=31 is                                 Legon

My 24=10=21=31=23 is                           Irene

My 8=30=3=16=6 is                                 Buell

My 5=13=14=7=31 is                               Edwin

My 22=9=27=31=29=17=13=25 is          Reynolds

My 32=2=15=4=21=18=23 is                  Therese

My 34=3=29 is                                         Yeo

My 13=24=18=20=29=31 is                     Dishon

My 1=29=33=11=2 is                               Worth

My 5=10=7 is                                           Eri

My 16=9=14=24=25 is                             Lewis

My 6=7=19=32=17=15 is                         Little

My [?]8=26=24=11=20 is                        Smith

My 19=12=16=21=22 is                           Tyler

My 2=23=4=29=13 is                               Hewd

My 3=25=32=20=5=33 is                         Esther

My 10=30=18=2 is                                   Rush

My 9=6=7=20=30 is                                 Elihu

My 24=25=2=7= is                                   Ishi

My 18=28=20=30=27=17=15=22 is        Schuyler

My 26=24=11=28=2=21=16=6 is Mitchell

My 34=23=6=17 is                                   Yell

My 28=16=7=31=19=29=31 is                Clinton

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