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Missouri Civil War Letter

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Letter From Secretary Of War on Missouri Troops Scarce: U.S. War Department. Record and Pension Office. Missouri Troops In Service During The Civil War. Letter From The Secretary of War in Response to The Senate Resolution passed on June 14,19+02. Washingt

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(CIVIL WAR--MISSOURI.) J. Tilden Moulton. Two civilian letters on the violence of war-era Missouri,: (CIVIL WAR--MISSOURI.) J. Tilden Moulton. Two civilian letters on the violence of war-era Missouri, and three written as a soldier. 5 Autograph Letters Signed "Tilden" to his sister Caroline Moulton.

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William D. Whipple, handwritten, signed letter: William D. Whipple, 1881 handwritten and signed letter. Written on stationary from the Headquarters Military Division of the Missouri. Whipple had a distinguished Civil War and post war career. Letter

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2 James Milton Turner Letters: 2 letters (1840-1915), James Turner was born into slavery in Missouri but Turner's father was able to purchase his family's freedom in 1843. He served during the Civil War and ultimately was appointed

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Missouri Civil War Veteran & Badge: Lot of two items related to a Missouri Civil War veteran. Included is mounted photograph of an older veteran in a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) uniform with a GAR badge on his lapel. He holds his G

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Three Pro-Lincoln Civil War Letters During 1864 Election: Three Pro-Lincoln Civil War Letters During 1864 Election A fantastic collection of three Civil War letters discussing the 1864 election between incumbent Abraham Lincoln and General George B. McClella

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2023Two Civil War Letters by Confederate Soldier John W. WardSee Sold Price

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Civil War Confederate Letter- General B.J. Hill: Letter written March 1st, 1865 by Captain Waddy T. Armstrong of the 6th Alabama Cavalry to Brigadier General Benjamin Jefferson Hill from Oxford, Alabama. One page. Captain Armstrong says in the lette

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Civil War Letter 140th PA- Captured at Gettysburg: Letter written on April 15th, 1865 by Lt. Colonel Thomas B. Rodgers of the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry while hospitalized. Two pages with postal cover bearing a “Soldiers’ Mission Massachusetts Un

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Incredible content Confederate Civil War letter written from Harpers Ferry !: An 1861 dated letter from Harpers Ferry ! Incredible multi page content with typed script transating it AND this letter has hand cancelled out "censored" parts undoutably of a military content GREAT c

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Civil War Letter to Confederate Colonel Hutchins 1861: Civil War Letter to Nathan L. Hutchins, Jr. dated July 12, 1861, just before Hutchins entered the 16th Georgia Regiment, and just three months after the war began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter,

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George Maynard discharge papers and other Civil War letters: Please see link at www.centralmassauctions.com for scans of each letter. Written home to Nellie Brown of Westborough, MA by soldier who signed letters â€œGeorgie.” See photos for condition a

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Civil War Letters from Ithemar Barbur: Please see link at www.centralmassauctions.com for scans of each letter. Corporal Ithemar Barbur noted on Page 167 in "History of the Battle Monument at West Point". See photos for condition and detai

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Written by Lt. J.C. Baker, (Mo. 6 th Cavalry) on two light blue unlined single letter sheets and headed Sadalia Missouri June 28 th 1862 written to his sister, reading in part: I am well and still living the soldiers life. I have been home on recruiting duty. I left camp at Warsaw on the osage river on the first day of May and and returned the 20 th ..,We move our camp every few days we landed here the 22 nd and received orders last night to move camp to Kansas City distance of 90 miles will start in a few days...we have a good deal of scouting to do some fighting but it don’t amount to much this spring I have een in four sharp ingagements (sic) and am in redinese (sic) at all times for another I wish this war Could end so I could live at home in peace with my family but we must whip the rebels first..We have been inspected to day by the inspectors officer he said our regt is in good condition we have 12 companies in our regt. And we have 4 pieces of artillery and I think it would take 4 times our number to whip us we have fought them 2 to one and then they could not whip us we was never drilled to run before we got whiped (sic) the weather is very warm here but I can stand any thing to whip the rebels Union in this regt. Mostly from NY, Ohio, and Illinois all free state men… Condition Normal folds, VG+.

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Missouri Civil War Letter

Name: Missouri Civil War Letter
Brand: Baker Furniture
SKU: 175561119
Price: 100 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $100 - $200

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