Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
A Union soldier’s letter written and signed by Sgt. Sam(uel) H. Putnam who on 9/16/1861 he mustered into "L" Co. OH 1st Cavalry and resigned on 10/26/1863. The 4pp. legal sized letter is datelined Savannah, Tenn., April 12th, 1862. In part, “I thought we saw some mud in Ky. but we did not delay at all to what we have passed through this week as it had rained nearly every day & the roads is lined with wagons & nine batteries of artillery which have cut the road all up mad it misery & the wheels sink down to the axel tree. Some teams had five mules out o six, wired & down & we had to hitch on other mules to them & pull them out by the neck. ... We are now awaiting transportation to take us up to the battlefield where our men are & we are promised barges & a boat to tow us up. ... Gen. Beauregard sent word to Gen. Buell that he would water his horse at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn. next Tuesday evening. I reckon if he does, he will have a good warm time wading through our troops. ... I hear that the Ohio 77th Regt. was very badly cut up. They have two hundred & eighteen missing but I expect you have the names of the killed before this will reach you and all of the particulars. ...”
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