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LOT OF 11 CIVIL WAR LETTERS. Union patriotic miscellany. 11 items, 1861-1864.

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LOT OF 11 CIVIL WAR LETTERS. Union patriotic miscellany. 11 items, 1861-1864.
LOT OF 11 CIVIL WAR LETTERS. Union patriotic miscellany. 11 items, 1861-1864. Includes: John McLaughlin ALS, January 25, 1861 written from Annapolis on illustrated three-color patriotic letterhead "Baby Waker" with cannon and American flag [1st Vermont Cavalry]; G.W. Perkins to father, October 15, 1861 written on illustrated Magnus letterhead depicting Justice and City Hall, Baltimore; William Danle ALS to Horatio Cushing, October 19, 1861 with three-color patriotic star design [looking forward to a good cockfight when he gets home]; J.J. Noah ALS to mother, Dec. 3, 1861, from Lebanon, KY on black and white illus. of "Maj. General McClellan" [2nd Minnesota Infantry]; Cover cancelled at New Haven, franked "Soldiers Letter, P. A. Jewett"; H.L. Hall ALS to Sanford Mead, Jan. 5, 1862, with cover stamped "Due 3" and franked "Soldiers Letter, H. L. Hall, Chaplain, 10th Connecticut"; Chas. P, ALS, September 8, 1862 Hilton Head, S.C., written on red and blue patriotic letterhead "The girl I left behind me" [soldier in Massachusetts cavalry regiment discusses rumors of Stonewall Jackson's capture; gunboat appears sparking rumors that Jeff Davis and Stonewall had surrendered]; George Cowlin ALS, October 11, 1862 with cover franked "Soldiers Letter, G. W. Johnson, l Major, 49th N.Y."; Henry Weston ALS to James W. Clark, January 26, 1863; Adjt. Gen. A. J. Morse LS to Lyman W. Cutler, May 26, 1864, on letterhead of General Head-Quarters, State of Connecticut [regarding bounties for substitutes]; Joseph E. Blanding ALS, n.d., with cover and free frank of Congressman J. Buffinton [great short letter describing incident in camp over maggoty meat: Two companies "formed in line with the meat on a wheel-barrow and marched to the quarter master's quarters with the drum and fife playing a dead march and dug a hole in front to bury it..."complete letter written on fragment of a sheet]. Eleven typical Civil War letters, some with good content, and an assortment of illustrated letterheads and soldiers letter franks. Condition variable, ranging from fair to good. PLEASE NOTE: THIS LOT WILL BE SOLD ON EBAY LIVE AUCTIONS BETWEEN 5:00-6:00pm EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ON MAY 10, 2002. REGISTER NOW TO BID LIVE ONLINE THE DAY OF THE SALE! (EST 300-400)
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