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Letter From a Private in the 17th Texas Infantry

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Letter From a Private in the 17th Texas Infantry
<B>Letter From a Private in the 17th Texas Infantry</B></I> From Thomas L. Bateman, two pages, 8.5 x 11, <I>Camp near Monroe, La</B></I>, January 14, 1864, in ink, to his wife. During the Civil War disease and illness were as big a killer as shell and shot. This letter certainly illustrates that point as Bateman writes <I>I hope that I will never again be sick in the army</B></I>. It is obvious that in a previous letter his wife has asked him to obtain a furlough and come home to which he writes <I>Gen Polinac sic </B></I> General Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac also known as Prince Polecat <I>made a speech to us last week in which he said that Gen. Mouton</B></I> Jean Jacques Alfred Alexandre Mouton <I> had ordered him not to grant any furloughs over here but he said as soon as we left here he would give some.</B></I> Bateman tells his wife that he's got plenty of warm clothing but laments <I>I was compelled to buy me a pair of boots the other day and had to pay one hundred and ten dollars for them.</B></I> He goes on to say <I>Everything is high here and most persons say they had as soon give any thing away as to sell it for Confederate money. I have no confidence in the money myself, not that I am whipped or think the country will be subjugated</B></I>. A most interesting letter slightly faded with the usual crease marks, a minute hole in one of the creases, and some discoloration at the folds, else very good. <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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