2023-08 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/26/2023
Union soldier's 3 page ink letter written by William B. Glass who mustered in 8/22/1862 as a corporal into Company f Pa 155th Infantry and was discharged on 6/1/1865. The letter is datelined, Camp near Fredericksburg, Dec. 26th (18620 to his wife. In part, "We are going to move camp in a day or so. The Colonel says we will go to Winter quarters. ... Everybody that I talk to thinks the war is about over. The old soldiers are sick of it & the new recruits do not relish the idea of being pushed forward into anymore traps like Fredericksburg. ... Gen'l Hooker said last night the 'the army had saw its last battle'. The Union Army appeared to him 'to be in a deep well & the Rebs are keeping guard at the top. Before next Spring something must be done or the contest will not be ended by arms'. Hooker is a good man & he said last night 'that instead of the officers laughing, they should all be weeping for the condition of the Union'. ..."
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