Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(CIVIL WAR.) Group of 3 Union Civil War letters. Various sizes and conditions. Vp, 1862-64

Additional Details

Letter from J. Raines to Major General Erasmus Keyes concerning his son, a captain in the 85th New York Infantry; docketed and signed by Keyes on final page, 23 June 1862. Elmira, NY, 16 June 1862 Special Order 65 in manuscript issued by the 18th Army Corps, ordering the arrest of Rev. George D. Armstrong of Norfolk, VA for swearing a false oath of allegiance, signed by R. Davis for Benjamin Butler. Fortress Monroe, VA, 5 March 1864 Letter from Franklin S. Twitchell of the 13th Connecticut Infantry to brother Bill. Morgana, LA, 19 June 1864.