Civil War Letter 6/25/1862 4th SC Inf. battle -7 Pines

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Offered for your consideration in a Five Day NO RESERVE AUCTION, a Confederate letter with cover from T. Herbert Williams, 4th South Carolina Infantry Co. I, to a young lady in Clayton's Mill, SC, dated June 25th, 1862. Written on captured Yankee patriotic stationary impressed w/ McClellan image. A super four page letter with battle content covering "Seven Pines". Four nicely written pages each measuring apx. 4 7/8" x 7 7/8", with red and blue edging to paper. Cover measures apx. 4 3/4" x 2 1/4", green CSA #1 with a Richmond cancel, at some recent date, someone has written in ballpoint pen, the date "June 25, 1862". This letter part of a recent cache actually found in a local attic. Richmond Virginia June 25th, 1862Dear Naomi; I was the happy recipient of a very kind and polite letter from you some weeks ago- the perusal of which gave me pleasure bordering upon rapture. i am always glad to hear from you and I hope circumstances will allow a more rapid correspondence between us hearafter. I owe you an apology now for having deferred answering you until so late a day. But I hope it is only neccesary to refer you to the stirring scenes through which we have passed, to insure a pardon for my apparent negligence, apparent I say, for I protest it was almost an utter impossibility for me to write sooner. We have been on the march continually- not stopping every time for the darkness of the night. We have fought two battles of considerable importance, and very lately we have not known what it was to have a regular encampment. But at last I hope we have pitched our tents w they will remain till we drive the Yankees from before Richmond, or they beat us back from our Capitol, an event I hope and firmly believe can never occur as long as t is a Southern soldier that has not poured his life blood in it's defense. Now we have comparative leisure, and I trust it will last long enough for me to finish this scroll. Everything in Camp is quiet and monotanous. We cannot go a visiting to the city or to the other Regiments without we do so at the risk of returning and finding our Regiment gone to parts unknown. So you need not be surprised at our manifest ignorance of what is occuringaround T might be a considerable skirmish on the lines without our having any intimation of it except the occasional boom of a cannon. Tis true we get the morning papers, but they lie so that little confidence can be placed in them, and they have failed to reach us this morning from some unknown cause. i suppose you have of course heard the details of the battle of "Seven Pines". T were several Tennessee Regiments engaged on that memorable day. I don't know if your most "Beloved" was on that sanquinary field. I am sorry that I cannot relieve your mind of that anxiety that you must feel for his safety. I can only hope with you that he is safe. I cannot prolong my letter to any greater length. I beg you will excuse the "Yankee" paper and many imperfetionswith which it is blessed. I would be greatly pleased to soon peruse a letter from your own tiny hand. Next time I will endeavor to be punctual in my reply- Can I ask you to remember me as I shall ever cherish the memory of you? Your Friend as ever T.H. WilliamsP.S. I forgot to tell you that Miss Lou L--- is over in the city to see David. Nearly all the boys, her acquaintances, have been over to see her. I have not had the pleasure. H Terms of sale: three day inspection, US buyers to pay $5.00 for insured priority shipping. All others, actual cost to their address. Payment by Paypal or Money Order cheerfully accepted. Please be sure to click on our other auctions for additional Civil War correspondence. Multiple items won will be shipped for the flat $5.00 with no additional charge. Thank you. read more

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