Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
War-date Union soldier's letter, 2pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. David W. Sharpe, Co. B, 1st Conn. Hvy. Art.,"Reserve Artillery, [near Fredericksburg, Va.], May 16, 1863," in part: "…we have been so busy since the late move that I have not had time to answer…I suppose you have heard all about the fight there has been here. We were not allowed to fire a shot during the whole engagement but were all the while traveling from one ford to another…there will be another move in about three weeks. There is one one-hundred pounder Parrott gun at the Falmouth Station…there are seven more coming which are to be manned by tow companies of our regt. With those siege guns an these we have already here we could siege them out of those heights in half a day…our infantry could cross the river without opposition…has Governor Buckingham got that bill throng the legislature…giving old soldiers fifty dollars bounty…David…". VG
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