Raynors HCA 2015-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2015
War-date Union soldier's battle letter, 2pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Coleman Tilden, Co. H, 43rd Mass. Vols., Newbern, [N. C.], Apr. 10, 1863, to his parents, in part: "We had just got home from our expedition having been gone three days instead of ten…it was a short march, but a very hard one. The hardest we have seen…about nine miles from here we had a heavy artillery skirmish and the 17th and the 43rd were sent into the woods to support the battery. We were under a heavy fire for over an hour when we left. The shells burst around us very think, but we…[had] no one hurt. The 17th had about six wounded…I have not had [but] twelve hours sleep since I left Newbern…it has been a rather singular expedition…Coleman." The original stamped transmittal cover is included. VG.
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