2022-11 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2022
A Union soldier's3pp. letter written by William H. Larcom who mustered into "A" Co. PA 136th Infantry, 8/14/1862 and was Mustered Out on 5/29/1863 at Harrisburg, PA. Comes with original cover. Datelined Prince St. Hospital, Alexandria, Va. Dec. 28th, /62., in part, "I presume you have heard that I was wounded in the Battle of Fredericksburg, as I wrote to Jane the other day. I was wounded in the leg just below the calf of the leg. It is getting along first rate. ... We had a very hard battle that day I was wounded. In the beginning of the fight OUR REGIMENT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THAT WENT INTO THE FIGHT. ... I FIRED ABOUT 20 ROUNDS, AND WE WAS JUST ORDERED TO CHARGE WHEN I WAS HIT, SO I HAD TO STAY BACK. ... AFTER I WAS WOUNDED, I GOT BEHIND A LARGE STUMP AND IN A FEW MINUTES, TWO OF OUR MEN CAME ALONG WITH A STRETCHER AND TOOK ME OFF THE FIELD TO AN OLD BARN CLOSE BY WHICH WAS USED FOR A HOSPITAL WHERE MY WOUND WAS DRESSED. ... A SHELL STRUCK ABOUT THREE FEET IN FRONT OF ME, FILLING MY FACE WITH MUD, AND A PIECE OF IT PASSED OVER MY SHOULDER AND TOOK OFF THE CORNER OF MY KNAPSACK. ANOTHER PIECE BROKE A MAN'S ARM RIGHT NEXT TO ME. ... WHEN WE GOT THE WORD FORWARD, WE DID NOT MIND ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE BALLS THAN AS IF THEY HAD BEEN NOTHING BUT HAIL. WE MARCHED TO WITHIN ABOUT TEN RODS OF THE REBS, AND THEN WE GIVE THEM FITS. ..."
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