Four Civil War–dated letters by various low-ranking soldiers, all featuring interesting content. The earliest is written from Cross Creek Village in Pennsylvania, October 11, 1861, in part (spelling and grammar retained): “A young man of the name of Walker…took the Disintery and Camp fever and Died…He was A member of our Company of home Gards and was the Best fifer that could Be found. We Burried him With the Honours of War. We have A splendid Company here of home Gards. We got…our arms this week they are what they call the Minney Rifle With sword Bayonet the are warneted to shoot strait 1000 yards we will give them A trail on nex Day of Drill." The second is written from Morehead City, July 3, 1862, in part: "Tell father that we are going somewhere to make the rebels skedaddle." The next is written from Maryland Heights, October 28, 1862, in part: “Time will come i gess and i shant git shot in the Back i will bet i came hear to fight And i will do my share of it if i have a chance to.” The fourth is from Smithfield, Virginia, April 30, 1864, in part: "We move ever Day and we ar going of to morrow on a 15 days raide some whare But i can't tell whare we will go." In overall very good condition. Accompanied by a worn fractional currency five-cent note.
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