2020-09 Putnal
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War-date Confederate medical staff non-commissioned officer's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Hospital Steward David F. Kagey (1834-1923), 25th Virginia Infantry, "Medical dept. Terry's Brigade, Seven miles south Petersburg, Va., Dec. 25, 1864," reading, in part: "…we have heard the enemy have made another trip up the Valley. We learn they advanced as far as Lacey Springs…I hope their stay was brief…I am fearful your supplies have been taken from you. If only you had sufficient warning of their approach & prepared…I fear…some of our friends & neighbors have suffered…the brigade are busily engaged daily erecting winter quarters…it will be a nice little town…all the cabins are put up in regular order…cabins occupied by Terry's Brig. will cover…about twenty acres…they use the timber cut off the ground to build the huts…I managed to keep comfortable in our trip from the Valley…we had a very unpleasant car to ride in filled with soldiers & they no doubt were full of "Confeds." [lice]. U surely thought if I ever had a favorable opportunity to get the "creters" on me; I had them. But I am rejoiced to know we passed through triumphantly without an attack from the enemy. We had to march nine miles from the point where we got off the train beyond Petersburg to our command…I would caution you, if the Yankee's did not trouble you to take especial care of your pork & other supplies etc. …Dave." Minor spotting, else VG.
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