2005-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2005
Autograph Letter Signed by a Lt in theTexas Army, A.A. Q. Master, Ringgold barracks, Texas, 8p. octavo, July 4, 1861, and reads in part: “...the day that was once hailed, with martial...music & roaring canon, the once glorious Fourth, but how shall we hail or welcome it now, in seceeding from the Union do we leave to them the whole possession of Stars & Stripes, the American eagle, our celebrations...and all. I think not, we will grant them all, even Yankee Doodle...I have visited the city of Mier, in Mexico...it is about one hundred and twenty five miles from here...” VG.
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