September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
War-date Union soldier's Autograph Letter Signed by Cornelius Van Houten, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery, 4pp. octavo, Battery B, January 9, 1865, and reads in part: "...we are pretty hard up now for eatables. Uncle Sam thinks the war will soon be over so we must try and get along with what we can get for he dont want to buy anymore than he really needs. The war has never seemed so near over as it does now. All but one of the Southern harbors cut off from the main world. I am very sorry that Butler did not capture Fort Fisher at Wilmington and it seems very strange whey he did not attack it at all hazards. I should have tried it after all its guns were silenced, it looks as if he was a coward, but there is only one defeat where we have had nothing but a succession of victories. We have abundant reason to thank God for the great kindness he has shown towards us throughout. I believe Grant is all right and will prove himself to be one of the greatest generals of this world. He and Abraham Lincoln are just the men we have wanted this long while. God has raised them both for this especial purpose, both are of but common birth, and it will be sufficient to immortalize them both if they bring about a Union once again. Each man is in his place now Farragut on the sea, Grant on the Land and Lincoln at the head of our nation..." Fine condition.
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