Raynors HCA 2018-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2018
A unusual format sixteen page letter, written on 3” x 5” sheets, by Charles Morfoot who enlisted 8/30/1862 into "C" Co. OH 101st Infantry and mustered out on 6/12/1865 at Camp Harker, TN. datelined Sunday Morning, june 26, 1864, Altoona Pass Georgia, to his wife. In part, “We are on the front line and on the skirmish line it has been more civil last night than usual there was not much shooting all night, we had to keep low in our ditches. We had lots fun talking with the reb skirmish line at night....hey have broke up Morgan’s Band and captured half his command and retaken most of his prisoners....we got one or 2 more Divisions and we tried to take the rebs works it was a terrible time for an hour or so we had to give it up and fall back to our own works the bullets came like hail....Our loss is heavy altogether they have been carrying off wounded ever since it commenced and are still there are not less than one hundred men at that work. I judge our loss altogether at one thousand. It was attacked at 3 different places...One color barer was bayoneted on the works and their color captured. I think this is a lesson for our Generals not to charge on works of that kind some of them one I know was killed, General Harker. ... One thing more our Lieut. got a bullet through his beard and hit his thumb and skinned it a little...’
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