Ambrose Price writes he had expected his brother Silvester to visit him in Harrisburg, but neither he nor his sister have heard from him "since he left home [to join the army.]" Ambrose continues his tirades against Lincoln and African Americans, supposing the war will never end "as [l]ong a[s] that lopeared lantern jawed ol nigger freer is in office[.]" He again claims he will not "spill a drop of my Copperhead blood for the sake of the lousy niggers[.]"