CIVIL WAR SOLDIER CDV ID'D SIGNED 8TH IL.INF. W. LETTER

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CIVIL WAR SOLDIER CDV ID'D SIGNED 8TH IL.INF. W. LETTER Search FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A VERY INTERESTING LOT OF PHOTOS PURCHASED FROM AN ESTATE AUCTION OUTSIDE OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS. THE FIRST ITEM IN THIS LOT IS AN IDENTIFIED AND SIGNED CDV PHOTO OF CORPORAL JOHN. A. COULSON OF THE 8 TH ILLINOIS US INFANTRY, COMPANY C. CORPORAL COULSON, A NATIVE OF CHILLICOTHE, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A FARMER FROM THE CHARLESTON, COLES COUNTY ILLINOIS AREA BEFORE HIS ENLISTMENT. ACCOMPANYING HIS PHOTO IS A COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN DURING HIS ENCAMPMENT AT VICKSBURG TO MR. GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKER, WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS AT THE TIME OF HIS WRITING. THE LETTER IS A COPY FROM THE MISSOURI STATE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES - FOUND IN THEIR CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPTS GUIDE WITHIN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKER PAPERS, ITEM A306. THE LETTER MOSTLY DISCUSSES THE PREVALENCE OF SPECULATING IN THE ARMY... "The news from this place is of curious kind, our Post Commander, Robert (?) Marshall, together with a few other are all of the military men that are a making much money at Uncle Sams expense. They will upon a certain.(?)..certain firms in this place sell a bill of goods to citizens and give them passes permits to convey their goods through the lines, as wellas speculating in cotton mules and other Government property.....one half of the army isa speculating awhile the other half is fighting this the way war goes...a few days ago the Captain of the Steamer Lebabnon was captured about one hundred miles above s the boat burned and the crew all made...(?)...understood between the Captain and the rebels on shore tho boat was loaded with cotton for the ...(government?).......the rebels fired upon another steamer, astriking her eleven times.... HE GOES ON TO DISCUSS ADMIRAL D.D. PORTER IN THE MISS. AGAIN, FROM UP REDRIVER, GENERAL (GRANTS?) FORCE IN SHREVEPORT ...all is quiet ..the news is very good from both Grant and Sherman...this leaves me in good spirits hoping to hear the same from you in the ...(??)..of this, yours with sentiments of ...(?)... SIGNED JOHN A. COULSON, GIVING HIS ADDRESS AT VICKSBURG. I ASSUME THE SIGNATURE ON THE CDV IS HIS, BUT I HAVE NOTED THE SIGNATURE INITIAL "A" OF HIS MIDDLE NAME DIFFERS FROM THAT OF THE LETTER "A" ON THE CDV - THE CDV "A" IS A POINTED A, WAS THE LETTER "A" IN THE LETTER IS A ROUNDED A, BUT I ALSO NOTICED THAT BOTH STYLES OF THE POINTED AND ROUNDED LETTER "A" WERE USED IN HIS LETTER.I HAVE FOUND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JOHN A. COULSON FROM COLES, COUNTY ILLINOIS ANNOUNCING HIS MARRIAGE IN 1870 TO A MAGGIE A. PARCELL. INCLUDED IS TWO OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS - ONE WHOM I BELIEVE MAY ALSO BE OF JOHN A. COULSON IN HIS LATER YEARS ALONG SIDE HIS FAMILY. ALTHOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE AN EXACT COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT AGE DIFFERENCE, I BELIEVE THE MAN IN THE PHOTO WITH THE WHITE BEARD TO BE JOHN A. COULSON BASED ON FACIAL SIMILARITIES OF HIS NOSE, HAIRLINE AND HIS RIGHT (LEFT IN THE PHOTO) EYE. ALSO, IN THE FAMILY PHOTO THE WATCH FOB HE IS WEARING BEARS THE INITIAL "C" ON IT. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY INFORMATION REGARDING HIS RIGHT ARM AS TO WHETHER IT WAS A WAR INJURY OR PERHAPS FARMING ACCIDENT.ALSO INCLUDED IS A CDV OF JAMES YELTON, THE YOUNG MAN APPEARING WITH THE CIVIL WAR SERGEANT'S DRESS COAT - THE BACK OF THE CDV READS: JAMES YELTON, PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY" (DOUBTFUL HE WAS A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER, BUT INTERESTING PHOTO OF WEARING CIVIL WAR UNIFORM FOR PHOTO PROP)ALTHOUGH I CANNOT MAKE ANY GUARENTEES, I BELIEVE THE INFORMATION I HAVE GATD TO BE ACCURATE - THE ABOVE INFORMATION WAS GATD FROM THE FOLLOWING SOURCES: /files/archives_guides/CivilWarManuscriptsGuide.pdf http://www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/CivilWarController /ColsonFamily/ColsonMarriages.html#ILLINOIS /uniformsunion.htm read more

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