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Patriotic Lettersheet Flag Over Cannon Dietz Type CN-1 in black used
with an excellent Soldier’s Letter datelined Orange County (Va) 27 NOV
1862. The letter was written by George G. Brooks who enlisted in Co H of
the 21st Miss Inf in 1861. This unit was a 1st Corps ANV unit that fought
from Yorktown in 1862 all the way through to Appomattox and was with
Longstreet in Tennessee in 1863. Unfortunately, Private Brooks of Co H
21st Miss Inf is listed as Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Fredericksburg
12/13/1862 just two weeks after writing this letter. The spelling in the letter
is somewhat creative, but the letter has war news and tells of troop
movements around Fredericksburg and mentions Generals Hill, McClellan,
and Burnside. “I heard that McClellan had been suspended by Burnside and
that he Burnside was near Fredericksburg with his hole army...” Included
with the lettersheet is a typed transcript of the letter and an unused patriotic
cover with the same design. Very Fine.
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$975.00 |
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