Raynors HCA 2019-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2019
War-date Confederate cavalry officer's letter, 2pp. 8vo., written by Capt. Alfred B. Mulligan, [WIA Burgess' Mill, Va., Oct. 27, 64], Co. B, 5th South Carolina Cavalry, "Camp De Veaux," June 16, 1862, to his mother, in part: "…we are annoyed almost to death by our pickets giving false alarms…we have night after night went 6 to 10 miles & spent entire nights looking for Yankees to no effect. We went one night last week over to Hutchinson Island, where the enemy have a negro colony. We surprised the Island, killed some 10 to 15, burnt all houses etc & returned without any loss. As soon as Charleston falls we will be withdrawn back to some place above the line of sea coast…A. B. Mulligan." Minor spotting, else VG.
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