Raynors HCA 2018-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/15/2018
War-date Confederate civilian Autograph Letter Signed by a citizen of Atlanta, 8pp. octavo, Atlanta, Georgia, August 4, 1861, and reads in part: “...Since you are exposed to so much danger, my faith often wavers and leaves me unhappy and most miserable about you. I have believed all the while that somebody’s friends and acquaintances would suffer, would fall in battle, but I could not bring myself to believe that it would be mine. You can imagine then with what a shock I received the first news of the loss among our Atlanta companies. I feel so thankful that our loss is so much less than at first supposed. I dread to hear of the next battle, so many of our brave men must fall. Perhaps my darling among them. Oh! God forbid. My dear precious darling I do pray so fervently that you may be spared, and if God will but hear my feeble prayers, you will go unhurt, untouched. My heart will be with you constantly, my spirit too will hover round you on the battle field or in your tent. Each day, each night, each hour will I pray for your safety...Bro Jessee says that the victory at Manassas has done a good deal to dampen the ardor of the Tories in E. Tenn. and that the masses are now crying for peace...” Fine condition.
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