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CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM LT FRANK M. KELLEY

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CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM LT FRANK M. KELLEY
<B>CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT FRANK M. KELLEY, 44TH NEW YORK INFANTRY.</B></I> 8" x 10" on lined paper, this rare "cross-written" letter was written from his camp near Falmouth, Virginia on May 10, 1863 and is a poignant, well-written letter he drafted just after the until's participation at the Battle of the Wilderness. In the letter, Kelley writes of orders given to him by his superiors about stationing men, sending out pickets and crossing the Rappahanock River. Kelley includes dates and numbers of casualties, all in his space-saving use of paper where he writes across and between text already written.<BR><B><BR>Condition:</B></I> Some slight foxing, fold marks.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)