Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 215

Price Realized: $ 7,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
"VICKSBURG WILL SOON BE OURS" PORTER, DAVID DIXON. Autograph Letter Signed, "D.D.Porter," to his mother Evelina Anderson Porter, stating that she did not acknowledge a $250 check, speculating that misfortune will not change [younger brother?] William, reporting that Vicksburg will soon be taken, and in a postscript, expressing amusement at William's view of his position, and expressing his opinion about the value of certain Navy ranks. 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on a single folded sheet, ruled paper; moderate staining along horizontal fold (affected text quite legible). (AKF) Vicksburg, 15 June 1863
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". . . I send you our weekly . . . , it will give you all the news. We are fighting terrifically here. Vicksburg will soon be ours it is a mere question of time. . . . [T]here is no hope for the Rebels."
The postscript: ". . . I look upon a Commander now as about equal to a Lieutenant. Commanding in olden times, an admiralship amounts to nothing without pay and the admiral may get captains pay--a commander gets commander's pay. . . . I could wash my hands of the whole concern. I am so sick of any politicians."