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Civil War letter from 1862...
Civil War letter from 1862...
Item # 705210
February 28, 1863
A letter datelined: "Harrison's Landing, Va., July 26, 1862" An interesting letter, some items including: "...you did not know where to direct your letters...we have moved around so, but we are now in camp at Harrison's Landing on the James river, Va., Gen. Sedgwick Division...we have a hard time for weeks we have had nothing to eat but hard bread & salt meat...I see in the papers that they blame McClellan but I think he is the best general in the Army if hd has his own way...but we sometime think that if he had followed them up at Fair Oaks we could have been in Richmond now enjoying happiness...we shall remain here for two months before we can be able to march on to Richmond again. McClellans says Richmond shall surely fall before the 1st September if he gets more men..." and other items.
Four pages, 5 by 8 inches, nice condition.
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