July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
War-date Union soldier Autograph Letter Signed by Lewis Plett, Co. F, 15th United States Regular Infantry, 2pp. quarto, Lookout Mountain, October 29, 1864, pertaining to his service in the Atlanta campaign, and reads in part: "...we are in camp at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, and the army is in very good health at this time. We stood the Atlanta campaign first rate to consider the length of time we had to expose ourselves to all kinds of weather and the enemy too. We left Graysville on the 5th of last May and on the 7th we encountered the Rebels at Tunnelhill, when the campaign begun and on the first of September we took Atlanta and Jonesboro 15 miles south...on the 7th of August we stormed the Rebel picket line and took every man on the line but we had a good many our men wounded in the attack. I was wounded in the left foot, disabled me from duty for a month and a half before I could put my shoe on...this is my last day for the army and tomorrow morning I am to start home..." Fine...plus; ALS by his sister, 2pp. quarto, November 1, 1863, mentioning her brother and his service. (2 items)
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