Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
War-date Union soldier's letter, 3 1/4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Miles L. Smith Co. K, 10th Conn. Vols., "Seabrook, S. C., May 29, 1862", in part: "…we stay on picket one week at a tim. We had one piece of artillery with us so if the rebels came…to the plantation to fire on them and the rebels came down one afternoon…15 of them. One was on a white horse, the leader…I got up in a tree so that I could have a good sight at them…we fired the cannon and if you ever see a horse go there was some…one man fell of his horse…they skedaddled pretty quick…you say that the 27[th Connecticut] are taken prisoners [during the battle of Chancellorsville]…Caleb [Smith, Co. C, 27th Conn.] I guess will see Richmond before the rest of us…". The original regimentally marked and stamped transmittal cover is included. VG
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