July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
War-date Union officer’s Autograph Letter Signed by Arlon Sabin Atherton (1842-1922) who enlisted as private in the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry in August 1861, WIA and POW at Deep Bottom Run, August 16, 1864, and was commissioned captain before his muster in 1865. This letter is 4pp. octavo, with triangular trim, October 2, 1863, Morris Island, South Carolina and reads in part: “...We have had about as hard time during this siege as my soldiers have during this war. There are a great many troops here now that have been through nearly all the battles of the Potomac, and they say they never see so rough times there as they have here. That they wished they could get back into Virginia again...You spoke about danger. I know I am exposed to danger here rather more than I should be at home. I have thought sometimes that I wondered how it was I should be spared when others were falling all around me. I have great reason to be thankful. I have had a great many hair breadth escapes...” More on helping to build a “Marsh den” by cover of night. Very good condition.
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