Beschreibung:

Lot of approximately 61 items. Items include an urgent note from General I.N. Palmer to Colonel Codman, 45th MA volunteer militia, telling him to defend Bachelors Creek written from Headquarters of the 18th Army Corps on Mary 23, 1863; 2 letters from Captain Francis W. Sabine, 11th Maine Infantry DOW from the Battle of Deep Bottom, to his sister from Washington, D.C. and Fernandina, Florida concerning his responsibilities and service, as well as a letter from the Maine militia and 2 dissertations he most likely wrote while studying law at Bowdoin College; Confederate surgeon Alexander Hunter’s letter to his superior about conditions at the hospital, he writes, I spent all day Saturday trying to get rations for the sick. The commissary was absent and his clerk was in the Billiard Room.…I was obliged to have the rations or let the sick men starve. I finally obtained [the requisitions] by getting the Post Commd. to issue a special order on the subject (Office Surgeon in charge: Hospital Cassville, GA, Dept. 17, 1863); a letter and a signed petition to General Asboth concerning the re-opening of a ferry (Milton, September 4, 1865); approximately 39 miscellaneous documents pertaining to the Civil War or written by civilians afterwards; a memorandum book; a mounted photograph of an 1818 soldiers memorial attached with Charles D. Dennis’ card; a carbon copy of a Civil War Chaplin’s letter that does not appear to be from the period; a 1909 GAR souvenir book; a copy of a letter written by J.C. Hopper to the War Department on November 23, 1863 accompanied by modern copies of his other war time letters and research on him; a December 31, 1863 issue of the New York Times with excerpts on the war, specifically Averill’s great raid, accompanied by Folk art sketches of the general and a satirical cartoon; discharge papers for Robert Steadman, 5th Maine Infantry Co. E; blank ledger for Monthly Return of Quartermaster's Stores; certificate for the Farragut Veteran Association; a pamphlet of the History of General S.K. Z8K Post No. 11; a paper pamphlet, A Savoury Dish for Loyal Men, ca. 1863; and, of most note, 22 p. of suspicious journal entries from an unidentified soldier with a seemingly embellished account of his first few weeks at war. The solider, claiming to be a part of the 29th regiment, begins in the thick of action and describes his regiment’s eventful journey from Camp Butler to Fortress Monroe beginning on May 10, 1862: We made arrangements to stop for the night went into our quarters over the long cavalry stables, and unshung knapsacks, &c but in a few minutes our expectations of a quiet nights rest were somewhat shaken by the order “fall in,” “leave knapsacks, take blankets or overcoats if you want them.” News came to us, that the troops who had gone ahead of us were “fighting” were “being badly cut up,” &c. We were not long in getting into line, when we started on towards the Fortress, arriving there an hour of more before sundown, when we halted near the hotel where we “right dressed!” “rested”, and fill in right dressed, several times, then “forward! March!” went on board the steamer Adelaide just before dark and about nine p.m. steamed away from fortress Monroe expected to see “active service” before another sunset…as we passed the Minnesota the marines gave us three cheers, in response to ours, as did the others men of wars men of which we passed several boats…[after traveling further] we were finally in a position to sleep some in the barracks, some in the stables, and others on top of the stables on the roof, among the latter was your humble servant, who preferred good air and freedom from fleas, flies, &c to a warmer but infested husk bed in a horse stable. This was the first of my experience in sleeping out doors…The rebs had left in such haste [they left hot coffee on the stoves, which those ahead of us found warm] that they had not the time to make cake. About 5 o’clock a.m. we heard a tremendous explosion and I said