Bull Run & Defense of Yorktown! [NC Confederate]
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[Bull Run] has cost the South many gallant men and many homes are made desolate, [but] who will not give heartfelt thanks to the God of Battles for this victory[?]”
- Alex Ray, 1st North Carolina Infantry
A rare four-page Confederate letter written on July 26th, 1861 by Alex Ray of the 1st North Carolina Infantry from the defenses of Yorktown. In it, Ray reports the town to be tolerably right fortified" and boats further that "our military men say that ten thousand good troops can hold the place against thirty to fifty thousand," adding further "I have no desire to try it but if they come we will make a desperate fight before we leave here."
Superb content! Serious buyers should read the full transcription which can be found here:
https://sparedshared22.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/1861-alexander-ray-to-sarah-j-ray/?fbclid=IwAR2jIBsulTw6as1AV0ih1UFXRWLQTd5ZhZJuyEXxTRr9i3rTmXF5MbIik7s
[Civil War] [Union, Confederate] [Robert E. Lee, JEB Stuart, Jefferson Davis, Sterling Price, Stonewall Jackson, Hood] [Paper Ephemera]
- Alex Ray, 1st North Carolina Infantry
A rare four-page Confederate letter written on July 26th, 1861 by Alex Ray of the 1st North Carolina Infantry from the defenses of Yorktown. In it, Ray reports the town to be tolerably right fortified" and boats further that "our military men say that ten thousand good troops can hold the place against thirty to fifty thousand," adding further "I have no desire to try it but if they come we will make a desperate fight before we leave here."
Superb content! Serious buyers should read the full transcription which can be found here:
https://sparedshared22.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/1861-alexander-ray-to-sarah-j-ray/?fbclid=IwAR2jIBsulTw6as1AV0ih1UFXRWLQTd5ZhZJuyEXxTRr9i3rTmXF5MbIik7s
[Civil War] [Union, Confederate] [Robert E. Lee, JEB Stuart, Jefferson Davis, Sterling Price, Stonewall Jackson, Hood] [Paper Ephemera]
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Bull Run & Defense of Yorktown! [NC Confederate]
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