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<b>639A. (UNION CORPORAL ALMOST LOSES THE FAMILY JEWELS </b>A great pair of pencil inscribed 4to. and ink inscribed 8vo., war-date letters, totaling 7pp. written by Union Corporal Levi Miller, Co. A, 7th New Hampshire Vol. concerning the battle of Battery Wagner, S. C., July 1863, and almost being hit in the "privates", in small part: "...[General Hospital No. 9 Beaufort, S. C., Aug. 18, 1863]...<i>I am still in the hospital...my wound is healing up...I have been here four weeks & I can sit up long enough to have my bed made...little did I think when I came here that I should be lying [in] a bed now. I thought that I should be out in one week...of the battle...there is one thing I can say...the men fell just like grass before the scythe. It was awful to see...I did not have a fear for we did not have long to think about it. After I was wounded & I lay in the ditch & the grape & canister & musket balls was a flying around me like hail stones then I thought they would they would be just as likely to hit me as not...my wound is just below the right hip. It came pretty near...taking me in the na na [and] line. I was hit just as we was going into the ditch. I do not know what it was that hit me but it was something that landed...at the bottom of the ditch... I lay there about one hour & then crawled out on the bank but the bullets was flying so thick that I had to crawl into a hole that one our shells had made & lay there about one half an hour & then I crawled out & crawled over half a mile on my hands & knees... I was bound if I could get away that the rebs should not have me. At the time I was hit. I had my gun in my right hand & it was cut off below & above my hand so that it left about 8 inches of the middle of the barrel in my hand & I had a revolver on my belt & it took that off & carried it somewhere...[Pvt. Joseph H.] Hays...wrote to me that something struck his cartridge box & stove it up & bruised his hip...he went on dress parade the next night. He & me have...been side by side in the company but that day the corporal...on the right of the company was excused so that I went on the right & Hays was on the left... I do not how bad he was hurt. After I was carried on board the boat the Capt come to see me & I asked him if Hays was hurt...he said that his hip was bruised...but not bad...I hope that he is not hurt bad to suffer the pain that I have suffered...they are agoing to draft in NYC &...some are running away...I hope that they wont draft you...</i>[Fort Schuyler, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1863]<i>...my wound does not get any better. The Dr. told me the other morning that he should have to take out some of the bone but he has not done it yet...I am afraid...that I shall loose the use of my leg...poor Henry has gone where many a poor soldier has gone since this war has commenced...they will not discharge a man as long as he has got one leg. We was examined the other day and I was marked for my regt and I am in hopes to be with my regt before long...I see that Old Grant give the rebs the devil...</i>". Miller lingered at Fort Schuyler while recovering from his wound until he was discharged for disability the following spring. Included are the original transmittal envelopes plus one extra. Minor spotting and soiling, else very good. <b>$300-500
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