Raynors HCA 2017-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2017
A good war-date 44 year-old Union recruit's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Horatio N. Greenleaf, Co. F, 14th Maine Vols., Savannah, Ga., April 8, 1865, in part: "…I will write you how we left Augusta [Maine]…when we started from Augusta we had men with loaded muskets [and] bayonets on to guard us on the island …then we was put on the boat with guards. Then we was put in the hole of the boat with a guard…until we got out of site of land…we was permitted to come on deck three times a day with guards to watch us…we was landed with guards to watch us threw the street till we was reported in the rain and mud half way over us…we went to the depot whare we staid two days then we went to camp whare we are now. You would laugh to see how we camp…sum had cords to lay on, sum the sand with a little tent cloth over us …called dog tent…the captain and I have one which is very pleasant. We have to sleep with the door and window open most every night…we have very pleasant news this morning that…Richmond is evacuated…H. N. Greenleaf, Savannah, Georgia Co. F, 14th Me." Most of Greenleaf's phonetic spelling has been corrected. Minor spotting, else VG
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