1908, Cambridge, Maryland, Confederate officer, Clement Sullivane letter signed

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1908, Cambridge, Maryland, Confederate officer, Clement Sullivane letter signed:
$90.00

This item is a wonderful, original letter, Cambridge, Maryland, 1908, where Clement Sullivane has written and signed a 4 page letter to A.V.D.Honeyman regarding memories he has of various members of the Van Dorn family....especially an event, with a hand drawn map, by his commanding General during the Civil War, Earl Van Dorn....an event called Van Dorn\'s Folly.....signed on fourth page by Sullivane, 8x10, handwriting a bit hard to read, else in good condition.

During the Civil War, Colonel Clement Sulivane, C.S.A., held the bridge at the Battle of Manassas against Federal forces, and won considerable fame in the Southern Army. Col. Sulivane, the perfect type of southern gentleman, was for years a member of the Cambridge Bar holding a prominent place in his profession. For years he lived at \"The Point\" which was built in 1706 by John Kirk, Lord Baltimore’s agent in Dorchester County, and which at one time was one of the most beautiful homes in Cambridge whose various occupants were among the most noted men in the county and state.

Attempting to reclaim lost ground, Major General Earl Van Dorn took a gamble that didn’t pay off and demonstrated a poor grasp of logistics in the Confederate defeat at the battle of Pea Ridge. Van Dorn’s folly gave control of most of Arkansas to the Federals.

The Confederate retreat proved almost debilitating at the battle of Pea Ridge. With their supply wagons far away, the Confederates were forced to march through a desolate area of Arkansas, scrounging for morsels of food to sustain them. By the time, they reached the supply wagons, thousands of Confederates had deserted back to Missouri or the Indian Nations.

Despite the terrible outcome, Van Dorn refused to admit defeat, writing that he “only failed in my intentions.” Most of Van Dorn’s remaining army was transferred across the Mississippi River to reinforce the Confederate Army of the Tennessee. Arkansas was left defenseless..

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