Autograph letter signed, from a woman in Baltimore to her aunt in West Chester, New York, recounting the heroics of Arabella Barlow during the Battle of Gettysburg

by Civil War

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

8 pages, plus a 2-page postscript on a smaller slip. With the original mailing envelope. Usual folds. Item #375761 A revealing letter by a young woman named Anna to her aunt Mrs. Isaiah Mankin in the midst of the Civil War and only a few weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg. The letter begins with family news, including that her son has sent word from the far west relating gruesome stories of Indian attacks in Dakota Territory, before

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