2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Confederate soldier’s 4pp letter on necessity paper with original cover, by David L. Anderson of D Company, Alabama 8th Infantry. Datelined: In Camp 8th Ala Regt, Near Fredericksburg, Mar. 25th 1863, in part “I wish it were in my position to accept his proposition for camp life .... but there is no chance for me to get there unless I get some man to take my place in this regiment ... I may have to write the Secretary of War ... Our men are in good health and spirits and are confident of victory whenever we may meet the enemy ... I saw Dick Cook yesterday and several of the boys from Talladega, they are all well. ...” The Eighth Alabama infantry regiment deserves special mention as it was the first Confederate regiment to be enlisted for the war. It was in the thickest of the fight at Antietam, September 17th. It fought with its usual bravery at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863; the Wilderness, May 5, 6, and 7, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 8th to 18th; Salem Church, Cold Harbor, June 1 to 12, 1864.
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