2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
War-date Confederate officer's letter, 1 1/2pp. 4to., written by Capt. Alexander Baker (1814-1892) as assistance quartermaster, "Quartermaster's Officer, Mount Jackson, Va., Sept. 28, 1862," to Commissary General, Colonel L. B. Northrop, Richmond, reading, in part: "The 'General Hospital' at this place is about to be reopened and it will be necessary to make arrangements for the subsistence of…500 to 700 sick and wounded…the Rail Road is not in operation to this place…it may be some time before it…should be furnished…this would be a favorable place to issue to soldiers in passing en route to Winchester…flour and fresh beef…but the price will be high…I would like to be informed whether you have any fixed prices for those articles…bacon can be purchased here…at from 40 to 50 cents per pound…Alex. Baker, Capt. & Ast. Q. Master & Acting A. C. S. Paroled at Harrisonburg, Va., in 1865, he is described as a, "a large man six feet tall" and he became a farmer in the postwar period. He was the husband of Caroline M. Hite. Negligible scrap album residue, else VG.
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