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<b>71. (SHOOTING YANKEES OUT OF THEIR BOOTS DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN) </b>A great war-date Confederate soldier's letter written in pencil by former VMI student Pvt. Alfred R. Gibbons, 1st Georgia Cavalry 2pp. 8vo., "<i>In camp near Big Shanty, June 4, 1864" to his father concerning their cavalry fight at Acworth, Georgia- the battle which unhinged Johnson's position at New hope Church, in part: "Our forces have fallen back 2 or 3 miles from the position which we last held when I last wrote...John Kery...was in camp near Atlanta. He said that he would have been with the regiment if his horse back had not been sore. June 5th I had to stop writing yesterday on account of the rain...our company skirmished with the Yaks day before yesterday [we were] mounted. I had some splendid shots at them. I shot 5 or 6 round on horse back and dismounted fired several times. I can shoot as well off of Bob as I could if I was [?] mounted. I think that I raised some of them out of their boots. We...are ready to move at a moments warning...I don't think that I would sell the horses and wagon unless...I...want you to come to the front. I mean in camp as I know that you still be sick...we have to ride all day and sit on our horses at night or if you get a chance to sleep you [would] have to lay down on the ground and hold your horse [with nothing to eat but cracks and raw meat & I know that such treatment would kill you. I think that Johnson will drive them back. He is waiting for Lee to whip the fight in Va and then Johnson will make a sure thing of this fight and end the war...</i>". While a student at VMI in late 1863. Gibbons received informal military training when the Corps of Cadets in which he was a part were engaged in pursuing Union troops throughout the Shenandoah Mountains. In early 1864, he resigned from the academy and returned to Georgia. At which time he enlisted in the 1st Georgia Cavalry and served under Johnson and Hood in defense of Atlanta only to be captured at the battle for that city on July 21, 1864. Also, included is a photocopy of Gibbons wearing a UCV uniform and holding a Confederate flag. Minor toning and usual toning, else very good.<b> $600-800</b>
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