Raynor HCA 2014-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/30/2014
A good war-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Herbert George Bond (1846-1928), Co. I, 16th Vermont (Vermont Militiaman during the St. Albans Raid and doorkeeper of the US Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C.), "Camp near Union Mills, Va., April 12, 1863, in part: "…we have lost one Dummerston boy and I hope we shall not lose any more. we have one man in the hospital now by the name of Marse. He is bout as Ashel was, out of his mind most of the time. Ashel was out some 3 or 4 days before he died. G & myself went up to see him. He asked G if he had watered the horse ands after that he spoke about the boys wrestling 2 winters ago. He spoke of Charley French after he went to the hospital. He grew poor very fast. He was not in the hospital 9 days…Bash went to Washington with the body yesterday. They sent an awful poor coffin for him…orders have just come for us to get ready with 7 days rations…we are going to Fredericksburg…Fred & I and some of the boys have been out on a walk. We went down to the mills and they was loading up the train…cars that the rebs burnt when they left to keep our folks from taking them…thare was a negro come into our lines. He was 2 weeks…coming from Richmond. He says that they are hard up for everything to eat in Richmond…he had on some of our government shoes that they took when they made a raid into Mariland. He stole them. He said they was a going to sell him the next day and he was bound to come…he said he was not halted till he came to our lines. We have got to take 50 rounds of cartridges [on our march]…". The original transmittal cover is included. VG
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