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14 Civil War letters by Confederate Isaac Yoakum of the 11th Texas Cavalry, Company F. Written during a time period from 1862-1863 from Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee. Major highlights are references to the Regiment's involvement at the Battle of Stones River in Murfreeboro, Tennessee. Of particular interest are names of those killed and wounded from Company F through Isaac's first-hand account of the Murfreesboro battle, where he was killed. In his 6 August 1862 letter from Camp Churchhill near Loudon, Tennessee, to his father, Yoakum recounts being accused of stealing: ''…We received orders yesterday to cook 3 days rations and to be ready to start at a moments warning…I will give you an account of a little difficulty I got into the other day…Lt. Burks went to him and asked him what he had me arrested for. He said he had caught me in a melon patch the day before and tried to take me and that I drew my pistol on him and then ran off. Lt. Burks told him that it was not so, for I was with him that day. So he came to the conclusion that he had better let it alone & turned me loose. I have no doubt if I had been out of camps that day it would have gone pretty tight with me, for the fellow was certain it was me. I could have proved by a hundred men where I was at the time he said I was in the melon patch. That was the first difficulty of the kind I have ever been in during my life…'' A 21 December 1862 letter from Readyville, Tennessee (9 miles east of Murfreesboro) just a week before the bloody battle began: ''…Since I wrote the letter to the Captain we have heard that the Yanks have evacuated Nashville and are going to Vicksburg. It is supposed that they are going to attack the place by land and water both at the same time. We have heard that our army in Arkansas has had another fight near Fayetteville and had to retreat beyond the Boston Mountains. It is not confirmed and I hope it is not true…'' A 3 January 1863 letter to his father, from Murfreesboro, just days before his death, discuss other cavalrymen who were killed: ''…I write you these few lines to let you know that the big fight which has been expected here has been fought. It was on the last day of /62. We drove the Yanks back six miles with a heavy loss on both sides. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing is reckoned at five thousand, the enemy's much greater. McCown's Division sustained a very heavy loss perhaps greater than any other as there were more men wounded in proportion to the number killed than I ever heard of in my life. There were about 100 wounded in the 11th Tex. while there were from 10-fifteen to twenty killed. The wounded in our company are as follows: Lt. Burks, flesh wound between the knee and ankle joint, Lt. Murrell, flesh wound in the thigh, I. Yoakum, flesh wound in the thigh also with a spent ball in the shoulder, Ed Ashford with a small ball in the nose between the eyes, Alf. Hart wounded slightly in the cheek, Wm. Johnson…flesh wound in the shoulder, N. Giles…light wound in the back with a piece of a shell, Latimer…very slightly wounded in the arm, E.E. Caveness was slightly wounded by some of our own men running over him. I do not know of any that were killed. I do not know whether we can hold this place or not for the Federals can reinforce as fast as they please. If I find that we are going to evacuate this place I am going to get on the cares and go to Chattanooga. I was not wounded till the very last of the fight and then I was wounded each time within ten minutes of each other. When I was wounded the first time it was when we were falling back from a battery…breast works that we tried to take and did not succeed. It knocked me down and I thought my leg was broken, but I soon found that it was not for I could work my feet. So I pulled off my knapsack, haversack, cartridge box and blanket and thought I would try to get away from the bullets. Bombshells, grape shot and canister shot were falling around me as thick apparently as you would sow wheat. I got up and struck a turkey-trop for the Cedar brake which was about forty yards, but I did not go more than twenty yards before a minie ball struck me on the shoulder blade. I do not know how far it knocked me for I did not go back to see, but as soon as I recovered a little I crawled to the Cedar brake and made my escape. When I get a little better I will write you a long letter. I think I will soon be well enough to report to my company. In the fight we took forty pieces of artillery and a great many other things too numerous to mention now…You must not be uneasy about me for I will be well taken care of…'' Also includes a poem written by Yoakum, another self-prophecy farewell composition by him, and a letter dated 9 June 1863 by S.W. Saunders to Yoakum's parents and friends, as a tribute to the men of the 11th Texas Cavalry. Letters measure 5'' x 8'' and 8'' x 10'' Overall, letters are in good condition with expected folds and toning.
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