Raynors HCA 2015-05
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A good war-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Harlan P. Martin, Co. E, 123rd New York Vols., Stafford Court House, Va., Mar. 19, 1863 to his mother, in part: "…our Division was reviewed today by General Hooker. I was disappointed in his looks. He did not look a bit as I thought…he looks like some old farmer of Deacon. He looks if he had been out sucking blood where they have killed cattle. He rode a nice white horse and rode like the wind. He was not dressed over and above well, but very plain. He was not dressed as well as half as grandly as some of our brigadier generals. He wore an old slouch hat and rest to correspond. You said a telegraph dispatch had come to Hartford that our regiment had been cut to pieces by rebel cavalry. Now it is all news to me…we will have to face the batteries at Fredericksburg…Harlan P. Martin…". The original stamped transmittal cover is included.
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