2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2023
Union soldier's 4pp letter written by Ebenezer Buel who mustered into "B" Co. NY 9th Cavalry and was discharged on 2/27/1864. Datelined Camp Winfield Scott Near Yorktown May 7th, 1862 to his wife. In part, "I SEE THERE IS A MAJORITY WHO ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE A HERO OF MCCLELLAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. ... I DO NOT WISH TO UNDER RATE TRUE MERIT, BUT FEEL THAT WHILE MCCLELLAN HAS LOST HIS GAME BY STOPPING TO FORGE A HEAVY CABLE TO BIND HIM ... THIS WAR IS BEING USED TO ELEVATE A FEW NAMES UPON THE SCALE OF DISTINCTION, & MORE PAINS IS TAKEN TO INSURE THIS THAN TO SECURE THE RETURN OF A SPEEDY PEACE ... I SAW TWO POOR FELLOWS WHO WERE KILLED BY THE BURSTING OF A CONCEALED SHELL THE MORNING OUR FORCES OCCUPIED THE WORKS AT YORKTOWN. THEY WERE MOST HORRIBLY MANGLED. ONE HAD THE RIGHT LEG CARRIED OFF TO THE KNEE & THE RIGHT ARM TORN OFF AT THE SHOULDER & THE LEFT THIGH BADLY SHATTERED. THE OTHER ONE SEEMED TO BE WOUNDED ONLY IN THE HEAD, BUT IT WAS ALL TORN TO PIECES. THEY WERE BOTH MEN ABOUT 35 OR 40 YEARS OF AGE & OF IRISH DESCENT & CAME FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ...'
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