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58th Massachusetts Volunteer Grouping

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58th Massachusetts Volunteer Grouping
<B>58th Massachusetts Volunteer Grouping that includes a Manuscript Copy of Lee's General Orders No. 9.</B></I> Over fifteen letters, approximately 45 pages, 5" x 7.5", 1864-65, various Virginia locations to Plymouth, Massachusetts. These letters, in both ink and pencil, were written by Private Ansil T. Bartlett and were primarily sent to his father in Plymouth. Many of them have covers carrying Alexandria, Virginia postmarks and 3-cent rose stamps. The 58th Massachusetts was raised in 1864 for three years and was immediately sent to the front where it participated in the siege of Petersburg and its associated battles. Private Bartlett found himself in a sorry state in short order. A June 18, 1864 letter reads in part: "<I>Dear father and mother, I now in Washington at the hospital sick and should like to see you very much and should like to have you come on and see me. I do not weigh more than 100 pounds now...you must excuse my bad writing because I am not fit to hold a pen in my hand I am so weak and tremble very bad.</B></I>" Other letters are datelined at Petersburg. This grouping also includes two civilian 1/9th plate tintypes of Bartlett taken after the war. One of these carries a verso inscription that states he lost a leg in the war and later became an RFD mailman. An enigma in this collection is a period manuscript copy of General Robert E. Lee's famous General Orders Number 9, which served as his farewell to his beloved Army of Northern Virginia. The letters average very good condition; the tintypes are in fine condition; Lee's General Orders are only in fair condition with considerable soiling , splits and areas of paper loss.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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