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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2011 Feb 15 @ 17:00UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 31 Civil War dated letters, thirty by Lt. Albert G. Bates of the 1st and 11th Rhode Island Infantries, and one to him by Major David Peloubet of the 33rd New Jersey Infantry. With fantastic content including a lengthy letter describing in detail the fighting at First Bull Run. Letters begin in April 1861 and continue until Bates mustered out in 1863. First letter dated 28 April 1861 reads in part, ''…I am in charge of the 1st Company Rifles, Captain Peloubet being left at Annapolis…having become partially insane from excitement and want of sleep…'' Letter dated 5 May 1861, ''…[In] Washington…20 hogs run at large…Col. Aylesworth arrived with his zouaves, and a rough set they are too, fighting in the streets…'' Letter dated 23 June 1861, ''…I see that there is trouble expected across the river…heard that the Government were moving large cannon across and planting a heavy battery there. About 8000 troops arrived here today. This is the case everyday…'' Bull Run letter dated 23 July 1861, ''…I have been through what I never thought I had the bravery to stand on the field of battle. But I did, and Oh! what a battle. I fairly shudder as I think of it…The enemy fleeing as we marched forward to a place called Bulls Run. But I think we were near Manassas Junction…Reached the battlefield at 11 oclk, commenced immediately, as our second Reg. were already engaged, having been fighting for 25 minutes. We fell in line and immediately relieved them. Advancing to the brow of the hill in front of the enemy and there took their fire for nearly two hours - which upon the whole as old soldiers said was the hottest fire that man was ever exposed to. We had no reserve and then to fall back was sure defeat. We fired our ammunition all out. The seconds battery…fired 900 rounds, which took effect and silenced theirs for a while. But having not enough men on our side, and our ammunition being expended, retreat was sounded, and we had to leave. Oh what a feeling came over us as there we had fought bravely for hours, thinking and knowing in fact we had done them in, when all at once they rallied. We retreated as fast as we possibly could, traveling about 8 miles. We were nearly cut off by the enemy, they having observed our movement and pursued us. They nearly overtook us at the creek. There they throwed the shell and shot to us. The battery abandoned all their pieces but one, let them on the bridge blockading the bridge. Nearly all of us had to ford the stream. They kept a continual fire. We still continued our retreat and pursued our way to Washington without halting, making a march of about 45 miles from 2 1/2 oclk Sunday morning until 6 oclk Monday morning. Having marched the distance and fought the battle and retreated to Washington without eating or sleeping, and through a country of no water…the Rhode Island Boys done well. Came out after a fight of 2 1/2 hours steady fighting with 17 killed and 25 wounded - that is in the 1st Reg…Gov. Sprague is a brave man. He done well nobly, so did General Burnside. Sprague had his horse shot from under him. Col. Slocum is dead. It casts a gloom over us all. Gen. Burnside & Sprague feel very bad that we were forced to retreat. They cried like children…'' Letter datelined 30 December 1862, Camp on Miners Hill, Virginia, ''…Stuarts Cavalry…were in the neighborhood and were expected to make an attack, the Union pickets were driven into Fairfax but the troops stationed there received them warmly and the rebels fell back, owing to the bad condition of the roads…The pickets from our brigade took 3 prisoners stragglers that got lost and worked themselves in our lines…today I used Pain killer and I am well…'' Letter dated 25 April 1863, ''…Suffolk…threatened by the Rebels, but we have a good large force and well fortified and I dont think they will make the attempt now. They had a battery down the river which rather kept the gunboats, but finally our forces, made a rush and with the assistance of the boats captured the battery of 6 pieces besides upward of a hundred prisoners. Yesterday a reconnaoisance was made for 6 or 8 miles around and their exact position found out. The force consisted of about 8,000. Our loss was 7 killed, 32 wounded and 4 prisoners. We took 13 prisoners, their loss was much greater…'' Letter dated 28 May 1863, ''…I was thrown out on picket and soon had some skirmishing…the firing commenced, & soon became quite hot, and the Rebs formed and charged on us we fell back on the Reserve. We soon advanced again…and with a few shells from our battery, they were soon out of hearing…I have one of their muskets…The Deserted House is spoken of in the Story of Dred or the Great Dismal Swamp. It was also the scene of the hanging of 60 or 70 slaves at the time of the Nat Turner insurrection in 1835. We burned it…It is said that the ghosts of the Negroes haunted it…We burned all the houses or all those that were not occupied on our rout, sent in some 15 or 20 negroes…'' A truly exceptional archive from a well-written battle-tested Lieutenant with much more additional content. All letters in very good condition.
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