Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
A good war-date Union officer's letter, 4pp. 4to., written by Captain Augustus Alonzo Hoit, Co. G, 8th Maine Vols. (later captain 34th USCT), Beaufort, S. C., Aug. 22, 1862, in part: "…Brown has been tried by court martial…the decision has not been made public…he will be cashiered. Last night one of my sergeants attended a negro meeting in company with a few men…[of] the 6th Conn. Vols…they had been drinking whiskey…they thought to show their smartness by breaking in the doors and windows of the meeting house and by kicking up a row…the sergeant was arrested and will probably be tried by a court martial…he will be punished to the full extent of the law. The sergeant (G. I. Card) is quite young and smart…I have tried to make a man of him, but it is no use. It cant be done…[He was reduced to the ranks, reenlisted in early 1864, but then deserted at the end of August.]…On emission of men is not enough to put down the rebellion. We need two and a half millions of effective men…the South can easily bring into the field one and a half millions of white troops and…their slaves are of greater service to them than an additional million of white troops…Jeff Davis is not a fool nor never was…the people of the North are not more than half awake…we need…a much stronger navy…we ought to have 100 Monitors on a much larger scale says about 400 feet long…our gun boats are slower than an old scow…it wont do to be slow in war times…yours in love, Alonzo…". Minor toning, else VG
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