2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Autograph Letter Signed by Surgeon William Githens, 4p. quarto, pencil, December 19, 1863, Camp 78th Illinois, Near Chattanooga, Tenn., and reads in part: “...we drove the Rebels out of East Tennessee - we went within one days march of Knoxvill - and then ‘about faced’ and marched back again...we had our Hospital wagon along with us...our poor boys were nearly naked - dirty and barefooted - just think of as brave boys as ours mrching day after day without a rag to their feet, over the gravel, muddy, or frozen ground. We let as many ride as could...I wore my pants out in front where the horn of the saddle rubbed, so that the cold wind came in rather uncomfortable...” VG.
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