Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
A good war-date letter, 1p. 8vo., written by William Sturgis Hooper, future volunteer aide-de-camp to General Nathaniel Banks who died as a result of his service on Sept. 24, 1863, Boston, May 10, 1862 concerning family member Phil's escaping the casualty lists fro Williamsburg, Va., in part: "We were rejoiced last night at finding in the N. Y. Times a list of the killed & wounded of Phil's battery in the battle of Williamsburg. Both the lieutenants were severely wounded-one losing his leg-but Phil & the Capt. not mentioned. So we feel perfectly easy about him…a letter from Powell Mason…saying that Phil's battery has been in the thick of it with heavy loss & that being himself kept in the rear with Genl. Porter he had not been able to hear anything of Phil. I see that the Battery lost more men than either of the other batteries mentioned…W. Sturgis Hooper." Near fine
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