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.), "Bull Run, Dec. 16, 1862", to his sister, in part: "…today I was out on picket…we had orders to be ready to march…the next morning we was beat up by the drum at 3 o'clock…had to strike tents and pack up…we reached Fairfax Court House and camped in the woods…in little fly tents we carry on our backs…the colonel gave the orders by file right to Bull Run…we are not far from Bull Run battle field. We can see the place were the Black Horse Cavalry was cut so bad. I was stationed at Bull Run bridge. We had 4 infantry men and one sergeant. 6 cavalrymen who went out on patrol towards Manassas, 2 at a timothy got out about 3 miles…we went out this morning to find the other pickets. On our left wing thare was…no pickets…we had to sleep on our ams. They expected an attack from Stuart's cavalry. The officers was some scared but the boys was not. Some of them would not put on their strapping. They was having a battle this morning…we had a continual roar of cannon. Thare was a man brought into our lines the other morning by a citizen. He was a soldier. He said he belonged to New Hampshire. He had been taken prisoner and they would not let the man that brought him go back for a good while…and asked him good many questions…". VG
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