Raynors HCA 2018-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/15/2018
Imprint, “PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES”, Richmond December 7, 1863, 30pp., VG. In part, “Grave reverses befell our arms soon after your departure from Richmond. Early in June [July] our strongholds at Vicksburg and Port Hudson, together with their entire garrisons, capitulated to the combined land and naval forces of the enemy. The important interior position of Jackson next fell into their temporary possession. Our unsuccessful assault upon the post at Helena was followed at a later period by the invasion of Arkansas, and the retreat of our army from Little Rock gave to the enemy the control of the important valley in which it is situated....The able commander (referring to RE Lee) who conducted the campaign in Virginia determined to meet the threatened advance on Richmond, for which the enemy had made long and costly preparations, by forcing their armies to cross the Potomac and fight in defense of their own capital and homes. Transferring the battlefield to their own soil, he succeeded in compelling their rapid retreat from Virginia, and in the hard-fought battle of Gettysburg inflicted such severity of punishment as disabled them from early renewal of the campaign as originally projected. ...”
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