Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
War-date Union soldier's letter, 6pp. 8vo., written by Private David W. Moser, 199th Penn. Vols., "Cabins Farm [Chapin's Farm] in front of Richmond, Oct. 29, 1864, in part: "…I hirt that your brother edwin was wis in 3 miles of our camp…and I went along our lines and I found him…he says he likes soldiering first rate…he is fatter then I ever seen him…he says the Johnnies is very close to him. I can see them walking around…he said that thare was 15 of them come in our lines last night. They give them up and said that they wont fite no more…they had a big fight down here on Thursday but our Regt was not in it…our men is at the same place as they was before the fight but I hope that Grant's army has got some ground…it was only done to give him a chance…D. W. Moser." Moser's German dialect phonetic spelling has mostly been corrected. VG
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