Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
War-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Private David W. Moser, 199th Penn. Vols., Dutch Gap, Va., Nov. 3, 1864, in part: "…I left camp on Thursday last and cum here to work…we are mining. Thare was 12 men sent out of our regiment to trivia a canal to let the water in Butler's Canal. We are triving this tunnel. They are going to going to block it up…to let the river in…so our gun boats can go up the river after the Johnnies. We have a safe place to work when we are at workout when we are going [to] start it aint any too safe but they cant hit us only with shells and a man can see them come and get out [of] the way. They are sending shells here every day but it don't amount to much. I go to work at 12 o'clock at night and quit at 8…the Johnnies is to sleep every time we got to work and if they was awake they could not hurt us [as it is] only about 50 yards before we get in the tunnel…I stay into [my[ tent away from them in the daytime…thare was some heavy firing on our left some thisland off yesterday but what it amounted to I cant tell but I hope the Joneys cum out on the short end and I think they did…D. W. Moser." Moser's German dialect phonetic spelling has mostly been corrected. VG
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