Mar 21, 2024 - Sale 2663

Sale 2663 - Lot 299

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Group of officer letters concerning United States Colored Troops regiments from Maryland. 7 letters, each with typed transcript; condition generally strong except as noted. Various places, 1863-1865 and 1868
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George R. Sherman as lieutenant in the 7th United States Colored Troops, which was raised near Baltimore and was training in Maryland. Letter to mother and sister; tasteful tape repairs at folds. Describes Sunday inspection: "A very critical examination of the general appearance of the men, who are punished if their clothes are not well brushed, shows polished, guns and equipments in the best condition, knapsacks neatly packed . . . and in fact everything as neat as a pin, the same as tis in the regular army. The punishment is not very severe except in severe cases: to stand upon a barrel for a few hours or drill with a knapsack on the back." Camp Stanton near Bryantown, MD, 20 December 1863.

Joseph H. Prime. 2 letters as lieutenant in the 7th United States Colored Troops to friend "Lem." The regiment had been formed in and near Baltimore. Washington and nearby Camp Stanton, MD, September-December 1863.

H.R. Dunham, Lieutenant of the 30th United States Colored Troops, raised in Maryland. 3 letters to "Aunt Auge." Describes garrison duty in occupied North Carolina. Expects discharge: "the Rebs want all the Colored Troops discharged." Fort Macon and Roanoke Island, NC, July-October 1865.

Letter of S.J. Wailes of Maryland, signing as "Late Capt. in the U.S. Army & former owner of Isaac Wells, 9th Regt U.S. Col'd Troops," to Captain William Royal in Albany, NY. Explains that Isaac Wells had been killed in action while serving in Royal's company, and that the requisite $50 payment to the mother had never come through. "The mother is in destitute circumstances & this amount at this time would help her through the winter. . . . If you prefer it, you can send direct to the mother, Charlotte Wailes, col'd, Salisbury." Salisbury, Wicomico County, MD, 26 December 1868.