2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
A war-date Union soldier's letter, 2pp. 8vo., written in ink by Pvt. Charles E. Leland, Co. B, 13th Mass. Vols., Fletcher's Chapel, Va., April 16, 1863 concerning Hooker's ability to id his troops by using corps badges, reading, in part: "…I presume there will be a fight before many days, and I hope that the Army of the Potomac will be victorious, and that you will hear of the fall of Richmond before long. We have all of us got a badge on our caps of a spherical form, and made of white flannel. The first division of our corps has red, the 2nd (ours) white, the third blue. This is a good thing as the General will know where his command is, and General Hooker will recognize the different corps. If I should get wounded you will probably hear of it soon after…I hope Charleston will fall before many days into our hands, and that we shall be successful in the West, and South West…". The original transmittal cover, missing the stamp, is included. Charles E. Leland was sixteen when he enlisted in Co. B, 13th Massachusetts Volunteers in 1861. For nearly a year and half, he served faithfully. Then, during the battle of Gettysburg, he was shot in the lower abdomen and killed on July 1, 1863. VG
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