CIVIL WAR 3rd OHIO CAVALRY SOLDIERS LETTER SIGNED 1864!

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Here's a FANTASTIC CONTENT WAR DATE Civil War Patriotic Soldiers Letter Signed by Pvt. D.J. Prickett of the Hard-Fighting 3rd Ohio Cavalry Regiment! A CIVIL WAR LETTER DATED JUNE 11th 1864 "NEAR MARIETTA, GEORGIA" ! There is little information about D. J. Prickett's Service with the 3rd OH Cavalry, but his cousin James H. Prickett who served in the same company [H] -- and mentioned several times in the letter -- is listed in the Civil War database; James H. Prickett enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 as a Private in 'H' Co. OH 3rd Cavalry. He was held a prisoner of war on Oct 4, 1862 at Bardstown, Kentucky, and subsequently paroled. [Source: Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio] D. J. Prickett and the 3rd Ohio Cavalry moved with General Don Carlos Buell through Tennessee in April 1862. During that summer, the 3rd Ohio Cavalry participated in the Siege of Corinth, and later fought at the Battle of Chickamauga. In January 1864, the unit participated in raids with Stoneman and Wilson and went with General Sherman's Army through Georgia before it was discharged on August 14, 1865. .......................................................................... A Great Patriotic Letter and verse from a loyal soldier of the 3rd Cavalry who knew fierce battle! The letter has detailed content with Pickett describing their position on the summit of the Altoona Mountain range near Marietta, Georgia and Confederate Cavalry Cannonading on his right as he writes the letter! This letter was written at the time Sherman's men pressed forward in Georgia toward Confederate General Johnston's positions. At the time this letter was written, Federal Parrott guns would send shells toward the summit of Pine Mountain where Gen. Johnston's army was positioned near Marietta and nearby Gen. Sherman's position - One of the shells hit General Leonidas Polk and Killed him instantly!! In this great Autograph Letter Signed, Prickett writes to his cousin. This lengthy letter (6 pp.) has EXCELLENT WAR-DATE IN-THE-FIELD CONTENT and reads, in part: Near Marrietta Ga, June 11th 1864 "Cousin E! "Your very welcome letter reached me on the 7th...while at Etowah Rail Road Bridge or where the bridge used to [be] - our mechanics are rebuilding it and will perhaps have it done in three or four days more and then the cannons can run to the army...We have had little communication since we left Columbia Tennessee and since we left Athens until our arrival at Kensington Ga. we had no mail. We recd Louisville newspapers the day before yesterday dated the 5th and Cincinnati Commercial of the 3rd. "...James [H. Prickett] and I are quite well...the weather is variable - rains every day and at intervals the sun shines with a scorching heat - nearly melts a "feller"...Crops look well. Corn is knee high in places some fields of wheat are ripe enough to cut Oats are filling. I had potatoes and stewed apples for breakfast and dinner to day. Small fruits are in season excepting Blackberries and they are turning. "We are on the Altoona Mountains with the enemy's Cavalry in our front - indeed they fire on our pickets and show themselves in force. I suppose there are 3000 Confederate Cavalry in front of our Brigade and not more than 3 or 4 miles off. There is some cannonading on our right (we are on the extreme left of Sherman's army) I suppose we are advancing. Our Division advanced 2 miles this morning. "I have seen the 68th and saw many in the regiment that I did not know were in the army. I had not seen the regiment before since we lay before Corinth. Levi A. is well, the 38th, 100th and 11th are near or within a few miles but I can not see them as we are in the flanks and must attend to the evening until after this battle is decided which will be in a few days. "Indeed many of your friends; and mine may be already sacrificed and others suffering from wounds received since our advance. With what anxiety do friends and re... read more

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