6th U.S. Cavalry Letter

2 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by Benjamin Austin.

Jan. 18th, 1864

Dear Brother,

I now sit down to answer your kind and welcome letter which I received the other night, and was glad to hear from you. I received a letter from Father last night and he wrote that he had written to me before and Lucy May sent her likeness in it, and if you would tell the mail carrier of your Co. to [in]quire for a letter for me at the P.O., and if there is any send them to me, and if there ain’t any if you go near the dismounted camp, you...  

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Letter

3 pages, 4 1/2 x 7, in ink, written by Edgar B. Bennett, Co. K, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, to his future wife.

Before Petersburg, Va., January 18/65

My Dear Mary,

It is with true pleasure that I now seat myself to answer your kind and ever welcome letter of the 11th which I have just rec. and how glad to hear from you and to find you all well. I am well as usual. There is good news from Wilmington, it is reported that Fort Fisher has fallen and the city cannot hold on much longer. The news has not yet come into the...  

1st Vermont Heavy Artillery Letter

Written by a soldier captured in 1864 who would be confined at Andersonville Prison and die as a prisoner of war!

4 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by Nathaniel Batchelder.


Fort Totten, D.C., Aug. 14, 1863

Dear Sister,

As I had time to write you a letter I thought I would improve it this afternoon. I was on guard yesterday and I shall not have to work this afternoon. Our Co. worked till 12 o’clock this forenoon and we shall not have to send any detail this afternoon. It is pretty warm here now days. ...  

1st Massachusetts Cavalry Letter

4 pages, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, in ink, written by Joseph W. Richardson, to his brother. Comes with the original cover addressed to Franklin T.E. Richardson, Old Point Comfort Post Office, Va., with C.D.S. Port Royal, S.C., with 3 cents rose, George Washington postage stamp [#56].

Hilton Head, July 8, 1862

My Dear Brother Frank,

I have received a number of letters and papers from you during the past two months, but according to the best of my recollection not a word have I vouchsafed in reply. There has been good and sufficient...  

22nd New York Infantry Letter

Written by a soldier mortally wounded in the Antietam campaign!

Includes letter, document and postal cover

3 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written on a beautiful full color patriotic letter sheet with vignette of New York City harbor scene, and railway train, village and American flags. There is a verse below which reads: Empire State Soldier Motto: We live for the Union. We die for the Union. We will uphold the Union. Imprint of Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St., N.Y. Comes with the original postally used envelope [with faint Emprire State...  

22nd New York Infantry Letter

Written by a soldier mortally wounded in the Antietam campaign!

Camp Augur, Upton’s Hill, Va., Jan. 26th/62

4 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by Francis Aubin, to his sisters Eliza and Matilda, on a patriotic letter sheet that is trimmed in red and blue along the edges. Comes with the original patriotic postal cover that has an embossed vignette of General Winfield Scott holding an American flag. The verse below reads: Brave In The Field. A True Patriot. Loyal To The Constitution And Union. Addressed to Miss Eliza Aubin,...  

22nd New York Infantry Letter

Written by a soldier mortally wounded in the Antietam campaign!

3 plus pages, 5 x 8, in ink, on patriotic lettersheet with full color vignette of interlocking stars with a Union shield in the center. Comes with the original, matching patriotic envelope, addressed in ink to Miss Eliza Aubin, Victory Mills, Saratoga Co., N.Y., with 3 cents rose George Washington postage stamp [#56] with partial Washington, D.C. postmark.

Headquarters 22 Regt. N.Y.V., Upton’s Hill, Virginia, Oct. 17/61

Good Morning Eliza,

How...  

109th New York Infantry Letter

3 pages, 5 x 8, in pencil, written by James M. Williams, to Ruth L. Bradley. Comes with stamped cover addressed to Ruth L. Bradley, Meredith Square, Delaware Co., N.Y.

In the field, Va., Nov. 26th, 1864

Dear Ruth,

As my thoughts are almost constantly upon you when not occupied by my daily duties, I feel it a relief to unburden them by the aid of the pen. I fancy I can see you now this very afternoon sitting by the fire reading while Emily is sitting on your lap, or standing by your side bothering you. Your Ma is...  

119th Pennsylvania Infantry Letter

4 pages, 5 x 8, in pencil written by Samuel Lodge.

Halt in the field near Warrenton, Va., July 25, 1863, Saturday, 5 P.M.

My Dear Mosher,

We arrived here after one of the most disturbing marches I ever have experienced. Since I wrote you last we marched to White Plains, a very hot & dusty tramp. We remained there about a day & left as a rear guard to the Sixth Corps wagons last night. We marched all night & are now halting along the road where we have been for two hours waiting for the balance of our brigade to come...  

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery Letter

2 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by Edgar B. Bennett. Comes with stamped cover addressed to Miss Mary E. Marsh, Burlington, Milford County, Connecticut. C.D.S., Alexandria, Va., Feb. 28/64, with partial 3 cents rose George Washington postage stamp with bullseye cancellation.

Fort Richardson, [Va.], Feb. 27th, 1864

Dear Minnie,

It is with joy that I now seat myself to write you these few lines. I am well. I hope this may find you the same. I wrote you a letter yesterday. I directed it to Father for I put in $25 dollars...  

75th New York Infantry Letter

2 1/3 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by Silas Doolittle, to his brother.

New Iberia, La., Jan. 4, 1864

Dear Brother,

It being a rainy day & not much to do I thought I would write you a few lines to let you know how I am getting along. There is not much going on here nor much excitement except reenlisting. The most of our Regt. have enlisted again for 3 years unless sooner discharged. They get the old $100 bounty & about $5.50 more to be paid in monthly installments. The Regt. is to be mustered as cavalry & furnish...  

75th New York Infantry Letter

2 1/2 pages, 7 x 9, written by Silas Doolittle, in a neat & bold pencil hand, to his Mother.

New Iberia, La., Nov. 15, 1863

Dear Mother,

Yours & Sarah’s acceptable letter of Oct. 27 came to hand day before yesterday & I was glad to hear from home once more. I wrote a letter home about 4 weeks ago when we were at "Carrion Crow" Bayou, but since then we have moved a number of times. I wrote you then that we were being mounted & we were all mounted shortly after I wrote. We then moved up beyond Opelousas near...