July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
War-date Union soldier’s Autograph Letter Signed by Alfred Clifford Woods, 62nd New York Infantry, 4pp. octavo, Seven Pines, June 24, 1862, Camp near Richmond, and reads in part: “...Another battle is expected daily. Genl. McClellan is almost ready I think to make the final stroke which will cause the Annihilation of Richmond (to say the least). We have some strong fortifications thrown up here for our time has been diligently employed for the last two weeks in digging entrenchments and throwing up rifle pits and earthworks and we have a permanent line of battle established which never can be broken...” Very good condition. The Anderson Zouaves was a New York volunteer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was raised under special authority of the War Department in New York City by Col. John Lafayette Riker in May and June 1861, in response to President Abraham Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the insurrection in the rebellious Southern states of the United States of America. The regiment was named in honor of, and raised under the auspices of, Major Robert Anderson, "the hero of Fort Sumter". The regiment was later numerically designated the Sixty-second New York State Volunteers.
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