Raynor HCA 2014-04
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/1/2014
Union soldier's war-date letter by Joseph Ripley, likely a private, Co. "A," 26th Massachusetts Infantry, 3pp., 8vo., "Off Ship Island mississippi Sound mississippi," November 17, 1861, to "Friend Cushman," reading, in part: "…we have pretty busy times here now working on the fort at Ship Island…we have got ten slaves that run away from the mississippi city, they are good fellows to work and great fellows for music they say that the southerners will fight, they say that the little brats just big enough to go alone swear that the southerners are agoing to give the Yankees a sound thrashing. I say let them come along if they want anything…the commodore came aboard he called one of the darkies up to him and talked (to) him a few minutes he told them to be good boys…the darkies felt pretty happy that night…" Very good condition
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