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UNION SENTINEL SHOOTS A CONFEDERATE SPY

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
UNION SENTINEL SHOOTS A CONFEDERATE SPY
"The old cus he won't carry any more news to Dixy…"

Excellent content A.L.S. by First Lt. Charles Morfoot, Co. C, 101st Ohio Infantry, Murfreesboro, 5pp., 8vo., Apr. 8, 1863. Morfoot writes to his son regarding a Confederate spy attempting to pass through their lines. In part: "...a man here the other day. He was at our camp at Nashville and also here singing Patriot songs and selling them. He claimed to belong to the army as army poet and singer. He went to get a pass to go through our lines and they suspisioned him and searched him and found in his boots a draft of our forts and everything complete. They arrested him and he got away from the gard at night and got to the picket line and was trying to pass. The sentinal halted him. He did not stop. He fired one shot and halted him again but no stop . The next time he shot him dead. The old cus he won't carry any more news to Dixy. The rebs are catching fits every few days. we send out divisions scouting all the time. Sheridans Division and the 3rd and 10th Cavalry came in yesterday. After a scout of 5 or 6 days they brought 152 rebs 5 mule teams and 50 or 60 horses and killed 30 or 40 rebs. I expect our turn to go again in a few days...". Morfoot saw action in several campaigns , including Chickamauga, Nashville, and Kennesaw mountain. Fine.

Estimate: $150 - 200.

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