Lot of 3, including: Elder, George (1832-1884). Resident of Newton, IL who enlisted as a sergeant on November 20, 1861 and served with Co. F, 46th Illinois Infantry. ALS, 4pp, 4.75 x 8 in., "Pittsburg, Tenn." March 31, 1862. Addressed to his wife, Sarah Ann. Written at Pittsburg Landing just one week before the Battle of Shiloh, Elder inquires after the health of children and expresses his desire to return home. Though it is "hard to tell," he believes he will be home soon because "under the present arrangement of our army and the strength of the Revel army they certainly cannot stand it much longer." Though he misses home, Elder believes in the worthiness of his cause, "fight[ing] for out home, our country and our Liberty." Tupper, Thomas H. (dates). Private, Co. I, 16th Wisconsin Infantry. ALS, 2pp, 4.5 x 7.5 in., "Cairo." March 17, 1862. Addressed to his wife on patriotic stationery featuring a spread-winged eagle flanked by two flags with a ship in the distance. Tupper writes on the day Union troops arrived at Pittsburg Landing and relates to his wife that "we have been a bord [sic] or [rail] cars or boat eve[r] since we left Madison. . . we are going up the river," likely in reference to the Tennessee River. Civilian letter, 2pp, 7.75 x 12 in., "Newtown." October 26, 1862. Addressed to the author's sister. "Mag" (?), also a resident of Newton, IL writes to her sister in this partial letter with news of soldiers from the surrounding area who have been wounded, captured, and paroled. She reports on Corporal James G. Carnahan (their cousin), Co. E., 9th Illinois Infantry, who was "slightly wounded at Pittsburg Landing," on April 6, 1862; George Bowman, who was "taken prisoner by the rebels but [was] paroled"; James (their brother), 86th Illinois Infantry; and Joe (another brother), identified as "first gunner in Cox's Battery," who was stationed near Corinth in the spring of 1862. She hasn't heard from either brother and is troubled that their "lives are constantly in jeopardy on account of this wicked rebellion." Condition: All with toning and creasing as expected, with some tears along fold lines. Areas of foxing and staining, particularly to Tupper letter. The second page of Tupper's double-sided letter is written in pen, making the first, penciled page somewhat difficult to read.
Lot of 3, including: Elder, George (1832-1884). Resident of Newton, IL who enlisted as a sergeant on November 20, 1861 and served with Co. F, 46th Illinois Infantry. ALS, 4pp, 4.75 x 8 in., "Pittsburg, Tenn." March 31, 1862. Addressed to his wife, Sarah Ann. Written at Pittsburg Landing just one week before the Battle of Shiloh, Elder inquires after the health of children and expresses his desire to return home. Though it is "hard to tell," he believes he will be home soon because "under the present arrangement of our army and the strength of the Revel army they certainly cannot stand it much longer." Though he misses home, Elder believes in the worthiness of his cause, "fight[ing] for out home, our country and our Liberty." Tupper, Thomas H. (dates). Private, Co. I, 16th Wisconsin Infantry. ALS, 2pp, 4.5 x 7.5 in., "Cairo." March 17, 1862. Addressed to his wife on patriotic stationery featuring a spread-winged eagle flanked by two flags with a ship in the distance. Tupper writes on the day Union troops arrived at Pittsburg Landing and relates to his wife that "we have been a bord [sic] or [rail] cars or boat eve[r] since we left Madison. . . we are going up the river," likely in reference to the Tennessee River. Civilian letter, 2pp, 7.75 x 12 in., "Newtown." October 26, 1862. Addressed to the author's sister. "Mag" (?), also a resident of Newton, IL writes to her sister in this partial letter with news of soldiers from the surrounding area who have been wounded, captured, and paroled. She reports on Corporal James G. Carnahan (their cousin), Co. E., 9th Illinois Infantry, who was "slightly wounded at Pittsburg Landing," on April 6, 1862; George Bowman, who was "taken prisoner by the rebels but [was] paroled"; James (their brother), 86th Illinois Infantry; and Joe (another brother), identified as "first gunner in Cox's Battery," who was stationed near Corinth in the spring of 1862. She hasn't heard from either brother and is troubled that their "lives are constantly in jeopardy on account of this wicked rebellion." Condition: All with toning and creasing as expected, with some tears along fold lines. Areas of foxing and staining, particularly to Tupper letter. The second page of Tupper's double-sided letter is written in pen, making the first, penciled page somewhat difficult to read.
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