2025-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/26/2025
Unknown Confederate Soldier's 3pp letter who served with 3d Mississippi regiment of volunteers. Datelined, Columbus, Kentucky, December 6th 1861, written to his Mother. In part, "After a long and tedious voyage of ten days we arrived here safely. We came on the steamer Scotland. ... while passing through Tennessee and Arkansas, the boat landed on the latter bank to wood and we all went ashore and found our way to a plantation which was situated near the river where we got pecans by the wholesale. They grow wild in that country. The proprietors of the plantation were very kind to us. They had coffee enough made to supply 500 made. There were several fine young ladies there. ... The battlefield of Belmont is visible from our camp. It is just opposite on the other side of the river. The graves where our men are buried is not 200 yards from us. We look for a larger battle than Manassas was to be fought here before long. Columbus is well fortified and a force of one hundred thousand men could not take it. I cannot give you a description of the fortifications as I have not visited them, which I will do in future time. ... The celebrated Gen. Jeff Thompson came up part of the way with us-that is, he got on at New Madrid, Mo., and came here. We landed on the banks of Missouri and he made a speech in which he described how he fougfht the Yankees in Old Mo. He is a very brave man and is always on the go. He is an original character. He wanted us under his command but at the same time he said he did [not] want men who could not march 40 miles a day. His men always fights like Indians. ..$
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