2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
War-date Confederate Soldier Autograph Letter Signed, “M.L. Sifford” 1st South Carolina Cavalry, 2p. octavo, “Army of Northern Virginia, Dec. 23, 1863” and reads in part: “...This leaves me in better health than what I have been & I feel as well as you could expect a man to feel that has to live on parched corn for three days. I have complained until I find it dont do too good. All is quiet on the Rapphaannock. No Yanks on the river along Fredericksburg, so have our pickets in town...I wish I was there with you to take Christmas...” VG. The First South Carolina Regiment of Cavalry as formed in 1861 and ordered up to Northern Virginia in the fall of 1862. Assigned to Gen. Wade Hampton's Brigade, they participated in numerous battles and engagements such as Chambersburg, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Kelly's Ford, and Mine Run. Ordered South to defend their native state and surrounding areas in the fall of 1864, the First South Carolina Cavalry served in the defense of the city of Savannah, and the Campaign of the Carolinas. After four years of honorable and gallant service, the First South Carolina Cavalry ended the war with the Army of Tennessee in April of 1865.
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