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Union Gen Charles H Morgan Letter: "Bloody Hand"

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Union Gen Charles H Morgan Letter: Bloody Hand
<B>Union General Charles Hale Morgan Letter: "Strange Phenomenon".</B></I> This unusual letter written in 1872 by Union General Charles Hale Morgan concerns a strange phenomenon he witnessed in 1865, as he says, "<I>ten days after the killing of Booth</B></I>". Morgan had apparently been in Maryland in an ambulance when he saw a strange display across the sun at "<I>one or two o'clock</B></I>". The sun appeared to have the image of a bloody hand across it. The person to whom the letter is addressed is unstated but apparently was with Morgan and had asked him to recall the event. <BR><BR>Union General Charles Hale Morgan was a West Point Class of 1857 graduate. He took part in the 1859 expedition with General Albert Sidney Johnston putting down a Mormon uprising. He rose through the ranks during the Civil War becoming chief of artillery of II Corps and a close aide to General Winfield Scott Hancock. This postwar letter concerning this strange phenomenon is a very interesting artifact from a Union general. It is two pages and measures 8" x 10"; very good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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