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Fredericksburg Bullet-Struck Letter Regarding the Same, ...
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Description
Fredericksburg Bullet-Struck Letter Regarding the Same, two pages on ruled stationery, 5" x 8", near Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 17, 1862, to a Mr. Ed. S. Hughes, Oneida County, New York. Penned by an unknown Union soldier, this letter decries the damage done to his stationery as follows: "...confound the Rebel bullet. It was fired into my knapsack during the fight of Saturday the 13th and injured this sheet in the way you see and probably 150 others which I will have to use...". Framed with stamped postal cover.Auction Info
2008 November Signature Civil War Auction #6015 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2008
20th-21st
Thursday-Friday
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