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SIEGE OF PETERSBURG LETTER

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SIEGE OF PETERSBURG LETTER
<b>779. SIEGE OF PETERSBURG LETTER </b>Good content letter from Union Pvt. Thomas Richards, Co. E, 143rd Penn. Vols. 3pp. 8vo., "<i>Camp near Petersburg</i>", July 18, 1864 detailing the siege of Petersburg, in small part: "<i>...We are still laying in rifle pits. We have now had a great campaign...we are all busy building forts and rifle pits...we shall stay here all summer and lay in siege of Petersburg and Richmond...in front of our Corps the pickets are very close and are talking to one another. They say they won't fire on one another...a great many Rebels are giving themselves up...I hunt every regt. for Uncle Charley but can't find him...Uncle Sam has called for 500,000 more...my step father was taken prisoner on the 7 day of May...Uncle John's brother-in-law was killed on the 18th day of June...</i>". A good look at a regiment that was heavily engaged at Gettysburg and elsewhere throughout the war. Some spotting and soiling, else very good.<b> $100-150</b>