Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
A good war-date Southern citizen's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written, in period ink, by Elbert S. Cassady (former private 9th Georgia), Lafayette, Ga., Feb. 25, 1863 to his cousin Nannie E. Sawyers, in part: "…our exabition of tableaux came off last night. It was rich. All the scenes was carefully selected…and was well executed upon the stage by the performers giving general satisfaction to the audience. All went home well pleased…there is 18 young ladies and five boys connected to this tableaux. The money that is made…goes to our sick and wounded soldiers…at Ringgold. We taken in sixty five dollars last night…very well for Lafayette for it is quite a small city…the people here…has [have] hearts nearly as large as a meeting house and the boys and girls know how to get into their pocket books. Our next exhibition will be in May…we will have a great many more scenes…and some of them cant be beat in New York or other Yankee City…Superior Court is in session here…[there is] quite a stir among the Upper Tens. that have suits pending…there is one poor fellow in jail to be tried for his life…if the witnesses all get here. There is another one…to be sent to Chattanooga to [be] tried by the military authorities for deserting…and murdering a soldier. He is about 18 years old. I feel sorry for him. I am very well acquainted with him. He went off in the company that I was in and deserted from it about three months ago, came home and joined a cavalry company [then] deserted two or three times from that and killed one member of the company and runaway. He was caught about seven miles from here. His name is [John] Parker…he ought to have done better than that and stood to his post and killed Yanks in place of good Southern men…an attack is looked for upon Charleston…and Savannah…the Georgia boys are flocking to Savannah by hundreds to…drive the Yanks back…the Feds…had better be on the other side of Jordan…there is some talk about peace but I cant comprehend it yet. All the peace that I can see [is] newspaper peace…I had much rather see it than hear editors talk about it…E. S. Cassady. P. S. How do you like my home spun envelopes. E. S. C…". The original transmittal cover is included. Near fine.
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