Judge, politician, and an important Confederate cavalry general (1820-1888) who fought in the Virginia campaigns during the Civil War. War-dated ALS signed “W. C. Wickham,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 27, 1863. Letter written home to his wife Lucy from Culpepper Court House, in part: "I am now back in the same camp that I had when I first wound up here which is the best location…I have not the slightest idea what the plan of the campaign is to be. Demonstrations are being made on both flanks of our line but I…incline to the opinion that the enemy does not design any early attack. In the mean time their whole cavalry force…number about five times as many as we do I would not be surprised at any moment when the river is in condition for them to cross, to see ourselves driven back…The Yankees are frequently at Bunny's but do not molest him. W. G. F. Lee got a letter yesterday from Charlotte at Shirley who says that everything is looking well…I long to be at home looking after the farm and think all the time of things there…I hear most wonderful accounts of the price of things in the vicinity of Richmond…I think of everything as looking so sweet and fresh about the yard & garden I do so wish I could go out on the porch and look at it." In very good to fine condition, with small areas of reinforced paper loss affecting a few words of text.
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