Raynors HCA 2019-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/21/2019
War-date Union broadside “General Order No. 17” 1pp. octavo, Head Quarters Army of Kentucky, Louisville, Septembe 22, 1862, issued by Major General W. Nelson, and reads in part: “...Intelligence has reached me that the rebel hordes who are now ravaging the fair land of Kentucky are advancing to attack this city. We will give them a bloody welcome! Let every man feel the importance of the occasion, and do his whole duty!...Keep steady in your ranks, fire coolly with aim, and victory will attend us...Fellow soldiers! shoulder to shoulder we will meet the enemy and rival on the plains of Louisville the glory won by our fellow-soldiers at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Pea Ridge, and other memorable fields of honor...” With ink manuscript by George Phillips, 117th Ohio Infantry, sending the broadside home to his father. Fine condition.
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