1863 Letter by General Leonidas Polk's Aide-de-Camp

Written by Captain William B. Richmond who was killed in the battle of Chickamauga!

Richmond writes about the Chickamauga campaign and the feud between Generals' Polk and Hindman!

4 plus pages, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, in ink. Written by Captain William B. Richmond, to Captain Alexander H. Polk, the son of General Leonidas Polk.

Hd. Qrs. P.[olk’s] C.[orps] A.[rmy] T.[ennessee], August 29th/63

Dear Polk,

The enemy have been comparatively quiet for well since Saturday. On Wednesday for several hours and all...  

5th North Carolina Infantry Letter

Written by a soldier who was captured at Spotsylvania and confined in Point Lookout Prison where he died as a P.O.W.

Includes an excellent description of the execution of a Confederate soldier!

2 pages, 4 7/8 x 8, in ink, written by Pleasant Ritchey.

Camp of the 5[th] Reg., Sept. 21, 1863

Dear Companion,

I seat myself this beautiful morning in order to drop you a few lines to inform you that I am well, and doing well as could be expected, and hoping when these few lines come to hand they may find you...  

5th North Carolina Infantry Letter

Written by a soldier who was captured at Spotsylvania and confined in Point Lookout Prison where he died as a P.O.W.

The aftermath of the battle of Fredericksburg!

2 pages, 5 7/8 x 8 7/8, in pencil, written by Pleasant Ritchey, to his wife.

Camp Near Fredericksburg, Dec. 19, 1862

Dear Wife,

I take the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to in[form] you that I am well and hope when these few lines come to hand they may find you all well and doing well. We have had a fight at...  

5th North Carolina Infantry Letter

Written by a soldier who was convalescing in a Richmond, Va. hospital after being wounded at Brandy Station

He was later captured at Spotsylvania and confined in Point Lookout Prison where he died as a P.O.W.

4 pages, 4 1/2 x 7 1/2, in ink, written by Pleasant Ritchey, to his wife.

Richmond, Va., Nov. the 30, 1863, General Hospital No. 24

Dear Companion,

I seat myself this beautiful morning in order to drop you a few lines to inform you that I am well except [a] bad cold, and I hope when these few...  

1864 Confederate Letter From Lynchburg, Virginia

This is a "folded letter" whereby the letter sheet was used to write a letter on, and then it was folded into a "homemade" postal cover and mailed

1 page, 7 1/4 x 9 3/4, in ink, written by A.B. Renker, to Samuel G. Murphy, in Richmond, Va.

The letter reads in part:

Lynchburg, Dec. 7, 1864

Mr. Saml. G. Murphy, Richmond

Dear Sir,

I take this occasion to say that I have found trouble with the cotton you sold me. I sold it to two parties in Charlottesville upon your description of the...  

1864 South Carolina Plantation Letter

Father scolds his son regarding his slave

2 pages, 7 3/4 x 12 1/4, in ink, written by Thomas McKim, to his son.

Woodlawn, So. Ca., 9 Oct. 1864

Dear Son,

Yours of the 29th Sept. has been received and this Sunday morning I seat myself to reply to it. I must confess that I am somewhat surprised at the tone of it, and what I can hear from other sources, some of your friends, and I thought mine, had told you more about my own matters than I could myself, or even God that knows everything could. Your informer...  

5th Louisiana Infantry Letter

He transferred to the elite Washington Artillery one month later!

3 pages, 5 x 8, in ink, written by John Forrester Griffin.

Camp at Deep Creek, Warwick Co., Va., Dec. 29, 1861

Dear Uncle,

Your interesting letter from Richmond dated 19th did not reach me until the 27th. However I could not have come down to the city as no soldier is permitted to leave Genl. Magruder having revolked his order granting furloughs. Col. [Henry] Forno returned to camp yesterday. I asked him if he had seen you in R.[ichmond]. He...  

12th Louisiana Infantry Letter

Captured at Vicksburg!

4 pages, 3 3/4 x 6, in ink, written by J.N. Thompson, Co. L, 12th Louisiana Infantry.

State of La., Claiborne Parish, May 29, 1864

Dear Father, Mother, Brothers & Sisters,

I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines to let you know that I am in the land among the living yet. Me & family are tolerably well. Loudia has 4 children, 3 sons & 1 daughter. I was taken prisoner at Vicksburg, Miss. & paroled which I came home & have been home ever since but expect to have to go into camp...