APRO.30 PIECES OF LETTERS ETC 1855-65 VA TN NC * THIS GROUP INCLUDES APROX. 30 DIFFERENT PIECES OF PAPER, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSCRIBED * THEY ARE FROM CHARLESTON, KNOXVILLE, LONG CREEK, ASHEVILLE, BUCKHORN, JONESBORO, BRISTOL EAST TN, ROGERSVILLE, GREENLAWN, ELMWOOD, GREENVILLE, AND SO FOURTH * LETTER 11/14/1860 GENERAL A E SMITH FROM R C MCCALLA * APRIL 30, 1864 LETTER TO A E SMITH BROTHER: NOW THE YANKEES HAVE ALL LEFT BULLS GAP * 5/18/1864 ASHEVILLE: THE ONLY NEWS WE HAD LAST NIGHT WAS THAT GENERAL H P HILL WAS KILLED AND RUMORS THAT GENERAL LEE WAS PURSUING THE YANKEES TO WASHINGTON CITY, BUT MORGAN HAS GAINED A VICTORY IN WESTERN VA * LETTER JONESBORO JUNE 11 1864: THE EVENING I REACHED HOME THERE WAS A YANKEE RAID PASSED THROUGH TAKING WITH IT MINS ALL THE NEGROS, HORSES THEY COULD FIND, OSBORNE AT THE TIME WAS IN GREEN CO DEALING DEATH AMONG THE BUSHWHACKERS * TALKS OF BEING CAPTURED AND OF PRISONERS * BRISTOL EAST TN LETTER: JANUARY 14 I AM ONCE MORE AT GENERAL VAUGHNS HEADQUARTERS. STONEMAN RAID, ALL THEY GOT POSSESSION OF WAS THE SALT WORKS. GROUP INCLUDES MANY FINE LETTERS * MOST ALL IN GOOD SHAPE * SOME SHOW NORMAL WEAR FROM AGE * VERY INTERESTING CONTENT *