[Feltman, William]:

$600 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE JOURNAL OF LIEUT. WILLIAM FELTMAN, OF THE FIRST PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT, 1781-82. INCLUDING THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA AND THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. Lieutenant William Feltman served in the Pennsylvania Regiment through the end of the Revolutionary War. In this brief but rich account of his daily life as a soldier, Feltman includes such evocative descriptions as: "Took up the line of march at 5 o'clock A. M.; marched through a d[amn] poor county, the water being very scarce. This day see a number of Negroes, the greater part of them being naked - 12 miles." Scarce.

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