This Soldier Needs Greenbacks "For Northern Money Will Not Pass Here."

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/13/2024

War-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. William A. Tooley, Co. K, 123rd New York Vols., [n. p., but Alexandria, Va.], April 26, 1863, to his brother, Eber Tooley. On May 3, 1863, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., Tooley was captured, but soon paroled and then sadly, he was unfortunate enough to be killed during a skirmish at Aiken's Creek, Va., on April 10, 1865, the day the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered.

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