Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Pair of issues of the weekly Hammond Gazette issued to benefit a Union hospital. Each 4 pages, about 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, on a folding sheet; unbound, minor wear and toning. Point Lookout, MD, 27 October and 18 November 1863

Additional Details

The 27 October issue discusses the defeat of Lee's Maryland campaign. The 18 November issue features a long poem on Point Lookout by a New Hampshire lieutenant. The final page of each gives a complete list of Union patients arranged by home state and regiment.