383.
Civil War Letter. St. Charles, Arkansas. September 1864.
Cotton and Gunboats.

"...fortunately we reached the mouth of White River without any mishap. We then went into camp in a beautiful field of cotton. It seemed almost a wanton destruction of property to put us there. I have never seen a more luxuriant crop of cotton that this field contained. The estimated damage to this crop is ($15,000) fifteen thousand dollars which the government will have to pay. It was needless to incur this expense as there was land uncultivated sufficient to encamp our whole force.
There are only three or four houses to be seen in St. Charles. The rest are destroyed by fire. There are two large gun boats sunk in the river in front of our camp. They belonged to the rebels and were destroyed by them so that they would not fall into our hands."

200/400     SOLD: $80.50

384.
Civil War Letter. Stanford, Kentucky. March 1862.
Typhoid Fever and a Plantation Owner.

"Our march from Springfield to Lebanon I never will forget...One man died toward morning from exhaustion and exposure, he was chilled to death....From Lebanon we marched to six miles beyond Stanford on the way to Sommerset, but on reaching the top of the "Knobs" as they are called here, (hills some 200 or 300 ft high)...We had to send all the sick to the hospital at Stanford, as it was impossible to take care of them in their tents. Most of the cases were typhoid fever...While visiting the sick orders came from Genl Wood that I had to remain at Stanford to take charge of the sick. The brigade Surgeon handed me the order. Here I was, 'a stranger in a strange land'...The first night here I was called upon by Mr. Smith who lives two miles from town to make his house my home during my stay. I accepted the invitation. He is very wealthy, owns plenty of niggers, a large plantation, has some 60 horses. I have the finest horse in Kentucky to ride to town & back....
Your affectionate brother, John"

200/400     SOLD: $189.75

385.
Civil War Letter. St. Charles, Arkansas. October 1864.
Doctor Morgan, a desperate character..

"...the cavalry was fired into. It is supposed to be a band of guerrillas under Command of a Doctor Morgan, most a desperate character. Our cavalry have been trying to catch him ever since they have been here but thus far Morgan has gave them the slip. It was reported that there was a rebel force of 7000 at Arkansas Post some forty miles from here and that they were marching for this place."

300/600     SOLD: $167.90

386.
Civil War Letter. Mouth of White River, Arkansas. December 1864.
Captured.

"That noted guerrilla, Dr. Morgan, that I wrote you about when at St Charles is captured and sent North. He came down on the same boat I was on. He was taken by the 87th Ill. Mounted infantry who were out foraging at St Charles, and when they were returning to camp, were way layed by Morgan and his band. They fired but one volley wounding one of our men and then beat a hasty retreat, our men following them. After a run of seven miles they succeeded in getting Morgan and one of his band. Morgan said he supposed he had the fastest horse in Arkansas, but his horse failed him this time. Morgan is a cousin of the late Genl. Morgan (rebel). He is about 5 feet 10 inches high, long black hair and a piercing and restless black eye. Well educated and talkative. He is a smart but dangerous man."

300/600     SOLD: $218.50

387. Chamberlin, W.H., Editor and Theodore F. Allen, contributor.
Sketches of War History, 1861-1865. Five Volumes Complete

Blue cloth with gilt lettering and stamping on cover, painted endpapers and top edge gilt. Five volumes complete.Papers prepared for the Commandery of the State of Ohio. Vol. 5 inscribed by Colonel Theodore F. Allen, contributor of paper in pursuit of John Morgan.
Robert Clarke Cincinnati 1888-1903 First Edition

225/450     SOLD: $276.00

388. Freeman, Douglas Southall
Lees Lieutenants: A Study in Command

Volume l signed by Freeman.
Three volumes.
Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1942-1944 First Edition

150/300     SOLD: $281.75

389. Garber, A.W., editor
In Memoriam Sempiternam

Quarter calf with paper covered boards and patterned endpapers.
Confederate Museum Richmond 1896

30/60     SOLD: $23.00

390. Haben, J. H.
Account of Battles of the Forty-Seventh Illinois

Detailed battle accounts of the Forty-Seventh Illinois by the chaplan attached to the surgical wagon.
1863

2250/4500     SOLD: $2,415.00

391. House of Representatives, 39th Congress, 2nd Session
Report of the Select Committee on the New Orleans Riots

Brown cloth.
Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 1867

75/150     SOLD: $46.00

392. Lot of Two Civil War Books

The PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. Three volumes in one.
Kettell, Thomas P.HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION. Complete in one volume.
Second published in 1865.

40/80     SOLD: $40.25