Raynors HCA 2017-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/1/2017
A good war-date Union soldier's letter, 3pp. 4to., written by Pvt. Charles W. Manning, Co. B, 13th Mass. Vols., Camp Jackson, M. d., Jan. 18, 1862, in part: "…we have got back to our old quarters in Williamsport…we left Hancock the 2nd of this month…came down on canal boats…we got into town at 8 o'clock…marched up to the building that we used when on provost Guard…the other 3 companies turned into a church…after we got back…[Stonewall] Jackson the Rebel Genl. marched into Bath with quite a large force and drove 4 or 5 companies of the 39th Illinois Regt out of the town not giving them time to carry off their knapsacks or anything else except their rifles. The rest of the Regt were just on the other side of the river…when they found they were attacked they were scared to death and what could not get into the flat boats tried to ford the river &…4 were drowned…Charles W. Manning…". The original regimental patriotic transmittal cover is included. Minor toning, else VG
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