Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
War-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Private David W. Moser, 199th Penn. Vols., "Camp Catvalinlar" [Cadwalader, Philadelphia], Sept. 30, [1864], in part: "…we was in the barracks the first night and yesterday hay give us our tents…I cant tell you anything about the city. It was night when we cum down…thay march us through part of the city…what I [had] sen of it I like it first rate…we don't see any thing but soldiers here. There was a regiment left this camp this morning…they thought to get us in and send us off under another captain but we said that we would wait till the captain would come that we enlisted under and they let us stay. There is a great many men in this camp and more coming with every train…I have seen more men since I am down hear than I thought was in the world…D. W. Moser…direct Camp Cadwalda, Philadelpha, 214 Regt. P. V. [soon to be transferred into the 199th.]" Moser's German dialect phonetic spelling has mostly been corrected. Slight ink burn, else VG
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