Raynors HCA 2019-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/21/2019
War-date Union soldier Autograph Letter Signed by William Smith, 116th Pennsylvania Infantry, 3pp. quarto, Head Quarters Bull Run, October 18, 1863, and reads in part: “...we are laying here under orders with the horses sadle ready to go in a moment’s notice. We had a very hot time of it at Bristoe Station. They were on both sides of us. There they attacked us on a flank movement. They open fire on us at day light and threw shell right in where we had headquarters. We were all off of our horses when the shell commenced coming there. There was a detachment with us....There was some awful jumping down then but when we come up to Brook’s Run there we had a big fight and ther the Rebs like to got me. I was ordered to go back to the rear....I was coming back to the Division again and I was coming along and looked over the field and seen the Johnnies coming right in our rear and I stopped then and looked and I turned my horse around. They fired at me then and I put the spurs to the horse then and got off. They shot at me 3 times. That is the first time I had the Rebs tell me to halt, but I did not halt for them and went back to the hospital and told the Cavalry of it and they made a charge on them and took a lot them prisoners. I expect you will see it in the papers about the 2nd Corps taken 6 pieces of artillery and two standings of Colors and 600 prisoners. We had to fight two battles that day and General Meade give us a great blow in the papers about it...” Fine condition.
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