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Interesting Content Civil War Autograph Letter

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Interesting Content Civil War Autograph Letter
<B>Interesting Content Autograph Letter Signed by Corporal Warrick Hockaday to His Wife,</B></I> August 9, 1863, Camp 1st N.C. Troops Orange Cth (Court House) Va., 5" x 8.25", eight pages. Hockaday offers his wife advice on the maintenance of their home, livestock, and farm. He also writes at length about the conduct of the war, "<I>…our generals ought to stop charging their Union breastworks or going into their country and just defend our own country the best we can and save the lives of our soldiers to defend our homes to the bitter end…</B></I>". He was adamantly opposed to rejoining the Union, "<I>…this idea of ever going back in the union is not worth talking about…we would never command respect again among the combination of states…but be a down trodden people and our children after us.</B></I>" Hockaday tells his wife how he longs to return home to visit. It was an unfulfilled wish. Corporal Hockaday was killed May 8, 1864 at Spotsylvania Courthouse. The letter has some tears along the folds and restoration else near fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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