2025-01 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Union soldier’s 4pp. letter written by Nathaniel Beachley who on 2/6/1863, he was commissioned into Field & Staff Indiana 22nd Infantry. Datelined, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 12th 1864 to his boyhood friend G. W. Shober, Esq. In part, “Please tell me how did you come out in the draft. Was you exempted or did you have to stand the draft, and if so, how did you come out, &c.? Had you to serve Uncle Sam with Greenbacks any or not, &c.? How did the Haugers and Peter come out? I suppose if they were drafted, they thought it was nearly Hell. ha! ha!! ha!!! ... The Regiment has reenlisted as Veterans for thre years or during the war, unless sooner discharged. ... George, what is the prospect of the Pittsburgh, Connellsville, and Cumberland Railroad being completed soon, &c. And what is our Milford Land worth now per acre? Be sure and answer these queries with as good an understanding as you can obtain because I may want to sell my interest in those lands. And I also wish to know how many acres of land the Estate owns in Somerset county, Pennsylvania. ...’
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