2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
War-date Union soldier Autograph Letter Signed by Timothy Parker, 18th Connecticut Infantry, POW at Winchester, 10pp. folio, Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland, July 6, 1863, and reads in part: "...about 12 oclk on the night of the 11th of June we struck our tents loaded the wagons and awaited the enemy until morning...On the morning of the 13th...our pickets gave the alarm and the 18th being nearest the point of action were soon engaged in skirmishing with the enemy and were soon supported by a battery of artillery which made things look quite lively, the shells flying quite briskly,...another battery of artillery came down and halted a few minutes in the road alongside of our camp. The enemy seeing them commenced throwing shot and shell at them and we being directly in range were gently admonished by the whizzing and falling of shell around us concluded we had better get out of that place...I went into the fort and it being on a hill, I had an opportunity of watching the skirmishing going on with occasionally a shell from our batteries...We had got about four miles from Winchester and were rather carelessly going by a piece of woods when a few scattering shots told of the presence of the enemy...the 18th fought nobly until after sunrise....I kept along in the rear of the regiment during the fight and until the surrender I was constantly under fire and in danger but not half as much as the men in the ranks many of whom were killed & wounded. Col. Ely was as brave as a lion and won the admiration of all both in his regiment and others....After the surrender we were taken back to the fort we had left that morning and over which the rebel rag was flying. They refused to let us bury our dead..." Much more.
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