1864 – Letter from a soldier in 126th New York Infantry reporting that companies of sharpshooters were being established in the Union’s Second Corps and that the Corp’s Washington’s Birthday Ball came off without a hitch
Camp near Stevensburg, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This lot contains a letter written by a soldier in the 126th New York Infantry and a clipping of an illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated newspaper, both enclosed in the letter’s original mailing envelope. All are in nice shape. The..... More