July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
$500-$750 Three war-date Confederate soldier’s Autograph Letters Signed by Captain M.C. Taggart, 14th South Carolina infantry, 6pp. total (4pp. folio & 2pp. quarto) dated March through October 1862, and read in part: “...[3/15/62] There is nothing of the slightest interest in the war department in this region, everything dragging its weary course along as of youre. Simpson has jaundice & is low down because he cannot get a furlough. McGowan’s face is dragging the ground for some reason...I had to put Clark & Tom Logan under arrest, where they still remain. I have laid down a new program & intend to follow it out...Hammond has resigned & Wardlaw will be his successor. No prospect of a fight here. I hope you will be successful in recruiting, as we need men very much. Truit & myself are running a full temperance ticket...Jones does not know that Ed is gone and I think he will run the blockade successfuly...[7/18] I entertain strong hopes of being able to stand without my crutches & walk also in the next ten days....[10/3/1862 Camp near Winchester]After two weeks travel I arrived at this camp, having to walk 80 miles on foot. At Richmond I was put in command of four companies to bring on to the army. A rougher set of men no officer ever commanded, but I brought all of them safely through. The long march on foot nearly ‘wound up my clock’ and I never could have stood it if had not been for the ‘aqua vital’ with which I was supplied...I found all the company comparatively well, and many more in camp than I expected to find. Sixty-five in number. Cowan gives a good account of our boys in the late battles. The McGowan grey’s being the very last company to leave Maryland. Our old Brigade is reduced to skeleton proportions & presents but a sorry appearance to what it did when we first entered Virginia. Officers & men look war worn & weather beaten & require rest to recuperate their faded energies. The men all appeared glad to see me, but when I looked around I missed the many familiar faces that once met my eye. I felt an indescribable pang of sorrow, which I cannot shake off...” More. Good to Fine condition.
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