Raynors HCA 2015-05
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War-date Union soldier's battle letter, 2pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. James B. Sterling, Co. E, 7th Conn. Vols., [MWIA Olustee, Florida, 2/20/64], Port Royal, S. C., Oct. 25, 1862, in part: "…there has been a battle here and I was in it. There was a great many killed and wounded. There was a number of secesh killed but I don't know how many. There was one of our own that stood in front of me shot in the breast and fell. There was a man on one side of me shot in the leg…there was 7 or 8 fell within a rod of me. It was no child's play I tell you…James B. Sterling...". VG
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