2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
A war-date Union soldier's letter, 5pp. octavo, written in ink by Pvt. Charles E. Leland, Co. B, 13th Mass. Vols., Platt's Landing, Va., Feb. 19, 1863 concerning wanting to let the Black soldiers fight the war, reading, in part: "…I see that we are going to have negroes to fight with us, but we poor soldiers can't help it if the people at home won't come and help us, when the government asks us to. I think a great deal of the fighting this year will be out West and the South. I hope that they will shove the negroes in, and the more we get rid of the better for our poor Country…". The original transmittal cover with embossed 13th Mass. Vols seal with motto "Always ready", no stamp, is included. Charles E. Leland was sixteen when he enlisted in Co. B, 13th Massachusetts Volunteers in 1861. For nearly a year and half, he served faithfully. Then, during the battle of Gettysburg, he was shot in the lower abdomen and killed on July 1, 1863. Very good condition.
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