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<b>74. (CAROLINA LEGISLATOR WRITES A FRIEND WHILE SERVING IN THE ORRS RIFLES) </b>Confederate soldier's letter 3pp. 4to., Sullivan's Island, S.C., Oct. 15, 1861 written by politician turned soldier Zackey Pullman of Co. A. of Orr's rifles. A crack unit, Orr's Rifles saw more than its share of hard service. For example, it lost 59 percent of its 537 effectives at Gaine's Mill, taking 116 casualties at Second Manassas and 170 at Fredericksburg, and then another 49 percent of it's total strength at Chancellorsville! In this exceptionally clean, well written letter Z. C. Pullman, a South Carolina legislator (who we may presume voted for Secession) writes a friend about the complications of serving in the legislature while soldiering, as well as the units progress in becoming an effective unit, in part:"<i>...With reference to my seat in the legislature...I had prepared my resignation....after the appearance in the Charleston papers of the Governor's card and the opinion of the Attorney General accompanying it, but...the Speaker...said he was unauthorized by law to interfere in the matter, that the legislature itself was the exclusive judge of the qualification of its members...My opinion is that all persons holding office in the Confederate service are constitutionally disqualified and that our seats will be vacated...We drill constantly and our men undergo the fatigues of the drill very well...Our Captain is quite sick...I am half the time in command of the company and I am getting tired of playing Captain without receiving any of the honors...we are expecting some seven or more Companies to join our regiment...The Gordon has run the blockade and is safe at sea with Slidell & Mason. We would like to reenact the New Orleans feat at this place...If we can only get in gun shot of them we will pepper them as did the Orleans boys...</i>". Pullman's assumption that Mason and Slidell eluded the Union blockade was premature, for upon reaching Havana, Cuba, they transferred to the British ship Trent and were seized on the high seas on November 7, nearly bringing about War between the United States and Great Britain. Usual folds, otherwise very good condition.<b> $400-600</b>
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