Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
War-date Union soldier's letter, 3pp. 8vo., written, on patriotic stationery, by Pvt. Thomas J. Bond, Co. G, 2nd Ohio Vols., "Camp King", [Cincinnati], Oct. 3, [1861], in part: "…we are going to leave for the southern part of Kentucky…we got our orders this evening at dress parade…I wish you would send that stamp [stencil] for marking my cloths. We have to keep our eyes on our things all the time to keep the things from being stolen…our Brigadier General [Ormsby M.] Mitchell [DOD Oct. 30, 62] was introduced to us today. He said he was a going to send as many as he could to Kentucky and then he would get on his horse…be in the field with us and fight beside us. They said that they was 20 thousand men…passed through Cincinnati…Thomas J. Bond." Light soiling, else VG
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