2020-09 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2020
TRIMBLE, Isaac Ridgeway (1802-1888) Confederate general, severely wounded after 2nd Manassas, he returned to participate in Pickett's Charge where he lost a leg and was captured. He was eventually exchanged in February 1865. Autograph Letter Signed, "I.R. Trimble" 1p. quarto, Johnson's Island, July 14, 1864, with cover addressed to McHenry Howard [who's Uncle was Francis Scott Key] while a Prisoner of War at Fort Delaware. The letter reads in part: "...I am flattered that you evince a desire to remain on my staff, but shall feel sorry if it turns out that you made any sacrifices to do so, for which you may not hereafter be fully compensated by military rank. Certainly you were right to draw pay as one of my staff, for you were the only aid I had or have had since McKine & Huffman died - so let your mind at rest as far as this matter goes. I prefer you to any other, & would rather have you. Archer, Stewart, Johnson, [CSA General's moved to Charleston as the Immortal 600] have gone on a 'folly' trip and may see some sport more pleasant to be shot by a big gun than a musket in prison. There at least will be some excitement about it, & the novelty is less disagreeable than the ennui of prison...Write to me often & give me a page at a time any incidents of Genl Winder's life which I am preparing for his wife & mother..." Fine.
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