2022-11 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2022
War-date Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo., written by Pvt. Alfred A. Thayer, Co. B, 96th Ohio Vols., "Encamp on Home's Plantation below Vicksburg, May 9, 1863," reading, in part: "-there is been 6 or 7 hundred prisoners taken-some of them have been taken to Columbus, Ohio. I wish it had been our lot to go there-the report is that one of our brigade-I hope that it isnt so. There loss was larger than ours but-our [loss] was large enough. There was a grate many of our men wounded-they [rebels] are a getting badly scared-the prisoners say-some think that the war will be over against[?] the year is out-yours A. A. to Mrs. A. Thayer-". The original stamped transmittal cover is included. Thayer's phonetic spelling and loose grammar had been corrected. Minor spotting, else VG.
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