Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
A good Northern home front letter, 3 1/4pp. 8vo., written by the brother of Pvt. Lemuel P. Foss 13th New Hampshire, Stafford, [New Hampshire], Nov. 18, 1863, in part: "…Moses W. Pillsbury [4th New Hampshire Vols.] died at Concord last Saturday. He got his discharge before leaving his Regt. His lungs were affected very badly; the right one was all gone…we are glad you have gone to the hospital…you can be better used than in camp. I suppose that there are a great many in the hospital…suppose Joe [Joseph H. Prime Co. G, 7th USCT] is in Baltimore with his "niggers"…he will get some better pay than he would if he were in the ranks…I would like to see the "Nigger baiter" (as he choses to call himself in one of his lectures to me) drilling a squad of his "black devils." Well, I hope he will make a good Lieut. and think he will. He said he was going to apply for a furlough in his last…I would like to see him. I should think John Parshley [Sgt. John D. Parshley 13th New Hampshire] would be applying for a commission in a Negro Regt…E. Frank Foss". See a letter we are selling by Pvt. Moses W. Pillsbury elsewhere in this catalog. VG to near fine.
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