2006-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2006
Autograph Letter Signed, “George W. Mickel” 4p. quarto, Head Quarters, Detachment 20th Indiana Infantry, Beverly, New Jersey, October 3, 1863, and reaads in part: “...am here at Beverly New Jersey with four companies of the 20th guarding one of the Jersey bounty regiments. Why. I am stopping at a large hotel and put on more airs than Genl. Meade can possibly put on if he has a review every day...The men we are guarding are what we called ‘Bounty Jumpers’ who enlist with the intention of drawing their 600 dollars and then taking a furlough (French). The men were very indignant at first and talked of cleaning out the hoosiers; but that was just the game our boys understood a little better than most any other, and a little wholesome shooting has taken a good many of thesse queer notions out of the heads of these Jersey Volunteers....It is generally underestood that two corps of the Army have gone to Rosecrans with Hooker in command....Old Genl Brown is doing his best at making ‘regulars’ out of our hoosier (independent farmer) boys, but I imagine his success is not very flattering...Genl. B. would not let our boys cheer Genl. Ward when he was down to see us. Said ‘regulars must not cheer’ - ‘very improper.’...” Fine.
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