Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
"BULL'S RUN . . . WAS FOUGHT THE 21ST OF LAST MONTH" BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E. Autograph Letter Signed, "A.E.Burnside / Col," to J. Frank Howe, sending his autograph and postponing sending his account of the Battle of Bull Run. 1 page, 8vo, "Quarter-Master General's Office" stationery, ruled paper; Burnside's name and title written in an unknown hand at bottom edge, folds. (AKF) Providence, 21 August 1861
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". . . I would take special pleasure in writing you a full account of the battle of 'Bull's Run,' which was fought the 21st of last month, but my time is so much occupied that I am compelled to defer it to some future time. . . ."