1863 CIVIL WAR. Rare Diary Style Letter Recounting Siege of Port Hudson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana BiographyA wonderful little pairing, found together, including a rather desirable title on Prisoners of War during the Civil War, and a four page 1863 letter, written from July 1 to July 4, 1863, detailing the 50th Regiment of Massachusetts' involvement in the Siege of Port Hudson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mentions black soldiers being recruited from the liberated slaves, Generals Godfrey Weitzel, Cuvier Grover, Christopher C Augur, and Thomas W. Sherman;
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Carte de Visite by Matthew B
incorporating original letters by C
without missing a beat
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old church bookplate & inscription
"Herein I send you my Report of Labour
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but exceptionally rare second year of the official publication of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
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he sensed a call to the Gospel Ministry
A really sobering item