April 5, 2024
CIVIL WAR 1861BATTLE & LINCOLN LETTER SOLDIER 5TH M.V.M
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ORIGINAL ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR LETTER WRITTEN BY A SOLDIER IN COMPANY 10 (SOMMERVILLE MASS.)OF THE 5TH MASS. VOL. MILITIA, JUNE 18,, 1861 IN CAMP ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA. THE REGIMENT AND A NEARBY PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT WERE SUMMONED TO ALEXANDRIA BY THREE DISPATCH RIDERS,"W A FIGHT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. THEY ARRIVED AT HE SITE "BUT THE TRAITORS WHO WOULD TRAMPLE THE OLD STARS AND STRIPES UNDER THEIR FEET WERE GONE" .AN OHIO REGIMENT WHICH HAD ENTRAINED IN THE RAILROAD "CARS AT ALEXANDRIA AND 15 MILES SOUTH THEY WERE AMBUSHED BY THE REBELS AND A LARGE NUMBER OF THE OHIO MEN WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED". "THEY (HIS REGT.) WILL BE READY WHEN THEY DO COME". HE DESCRIBES HOW A BAND FROM ONE OF THE MICHIGAN REGIMENTS PLAYED FOR THEM. THEY MARCHED WITH FULL EQUIPMENT IN 105 DEGREES FOR 5 MILES AND WERE COMPLIMENTED AS THE BEST REGIMENT IN THE MARCH., MENTIONS "ROUNDING UP DARKIES" AND MOST IMPORTANT THAT PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS CABINET CAME DOWN TO CAMP TO REVIEW THE REGIMENT WITH HIS CABINET AND LINCOLN "WAS VERY AWKWARD IN HIS MOVEMENT". SIGNED "JOHN B. F." (10TH COMPANY 5TH MASS VOLUNTEER MILITIA). 4 PAGES WRITTEN IN PENCIL 5" X 8". THIS LETTER IS BY THE SAME SOLDIER WHO WROTE THE OTHER TWO LETTERS LISTED TODAY. I RATETHIS AS EXCELLENT CONDITION BUT BIDDER MUST MAKE OWN DETERMINATION OF CONDITION FROM PHOTOS/SCANS AS T ARE NO RETURNS. SCANS
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