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Here is a Georgia Civil War letter we have sold in the past:
Antietam Battle of Yorktown 6 Civil War Letters 9th GA
Six letter lot by Confederate Joseph H. Harris of the 9th Georgia Infantry, Co. B, who would be KIA at Antietam less than 2 months after his last letter. Writing to his parents, brother and sister, Harris writes of the Battle of Yorktown, skirmishing and a soldier afflicted with a severe case of battle fright. Letter dated 12 May 1862 outside Richmond reads in part, “…we have been haveing a very hard time for the last two months have not had no time to rest or anything else…we just have to wear our Dirty cloths as long as we can stand them and then throw them away an get new ones…James Satterfield had the measles and they Setled on his bowels…Our Generals intend to make a general Stand here or near this place and if that be so we are going to have one of the Bloodiest Battles that has ever bin fought Since this war has Commenced…Our men are not going to Suffer them to go as long as we can Shoulder our Muskets…if the Yankees ever does attack us that we will give them one of the Powerfulest thrashing that they ever had…there has bin several yankee Prisoners taken for the last two weeks I tell you they look mean and Bad. A Regt of Yankees comeing charging on our Regt that was on pickets but Our boys on seeing them comeing they started to meet them but the Yankees would not stand to meet Our brave boys So they took to their heels and run. Our men fired on them Several times and killed a good many of them…we was Close enough to see the fun…I was Struck with a spent ball on my leg but it was so far spent that it did not hurt much it Just made a little black place on my leg…I will tell something about our trip to York Town…we lay out int he woods some 3 miles from the enemy all night and until about 10 Oclock the next day when there was a very heavy Cannonadeing Commenced from both sides we was Ordered to move up in about one half a mile of the enemys line in Double quick time…we got in a half a mile of the yankee line we was ordered to halt and lye down so as to protect us from the shell and Shot from the Yankeees heavy guns. I tell you that the Cannon balls fell thick and heavy all around us and over our heads they Just whistled but we only got two men of our Regt hurt they was wounded from Bomb Shell. So we lay there under the fire of the enemys Cannon until about 4 oclock in the evening when our Picketts commenced a very heavy fire and we was ordered to march to the place of the fireing which was about two hundred yards from us just over a hill. There was a very heavy cannonading Still going but we Just marched right throu and none of us got hurt…” Sold for $2,400.
Consign your Georgia Civil War letter at Nate D. Sanders Auctions. Send a description of your item and images of your item to us at [email protected].
FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Georgia Civil War letter that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).