July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
A nice war-date Union Surgeon's letter, 3pp. 4to., written by Asst. Surgeon William F. King, 124th Indiana Vols., Raleigh, N. C., April 27, 1865 concerning the black population of Raleigh, in part: "…the rumor is…that Johnson has surrendered his army and…Gen. Schofield's army, including our regiment will remain in N. Carolina until the matters become settled…I was over to town this morning. It was crowded with soldiers and 'niggers'. The darkeys here think that the millennium has arrived with the Yankees and that they are not only free but that they need work no more. They have left their homes and crowd the city laying round loose, expecting the Government to furnish them rations, which…the commissary have had to do to keep them from starving. There are thousands of negroes in Raleigh with nothing to do. They lay in the sun looking as happy as kings-it will take some time to learn the poor souls their proper position and convince them that they will have to labor for their livelihood…". Also included in the original stamped transmittal cover. VG
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