CIVIL WAR LETTER LT. SAMUEL STORROW, 2ND MASS. VOL. OCTOBER 1864 FROM ATLANTA

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CIVIL WAR LETTER LT. SAMUEL STORROW, 2ND MASS. VOL. OCTOBER 1864 FROM ATLANTA:
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ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR LETTER LT. SAMUEL STORROW, 2ND MASS. VOL. OCTOBER 1864 FROM ATLANTA

Great letterLt. Samuel Storrow,a Union soldier and son of a prominent Massachusetts family, killed while serving under Col. Cogswell and General Sherman during the March to the Sea by Sherman.

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“We have a very pleasant camp in a square in front of the City Hall, now used for Prov. Marshall’s hd qrs & guard room. We officers & men are in little shanties constructed from the remains of houses torn down to make room for more fortifications. I appreciate now fully the absolute necessity for Sherman’s order depopulating the city which seemed to us at the North rather severe. An interior line of works has been constructed and to make these of effect many houses had to be destroyed. I would have near impossible to make this a good military post had the townspeople remained. This is the only clean city south of the Ohio & that is because we have a Massachusetts man, Col. Cogswell, 2nd Mass, at its head.”

“The weather here is charming, we sit out under the trees reading, smoking, all day long, while with you it must be very different. This winter may see us still farther South, perhaps at Savannah. There are reports, with some ground for belief, that we shall change our position before many days, but we shall see what we shall see. That’s about all a soldier can ever say.”

“I heard yesterday of Col. Lowell’s death. Poor Cousin Anna, what sacrifices she has made for her country, but not in vain, let us pray. It must be no small consolation that he fell victorious, a more glorious termination to his career soldier could not wish.

What a double affliction to the Shaws to lose another son almost as soon as they had gained him.

Give my love to Aunt Lizzie & Uncle Charles, Annie XCXC Your affec. Cousin S. Storrow”

Born in Boston to Charles S. and Lydia Cabot Storrow on 24 July 1843, Samuel Storrow entered Harvard College in 1860. He left after two years to enlist in the Union Army. On 20 September 1862, he began his military career serving as a corporal with the 44th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a nine-month regiment. Storrow mustered out of service in June 1863 and returned to Harvard, graduating the following summer. Shortly after, in September 1864, he accepted a commission as a lieutenant, and joined the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. With the 2nd, Storrow travelled deep into the southern theater of war, joining Major General Henry W. Slocum’s Army of Georgia in the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea.

The 7 ¼” x 9 ½” letter (opened) is folded in the center and has 3 envelope folds. It is in excellent condition with just a few small edge tears on the folds and a few tiny pin holds that are not noticeable until you hold it to the light. The paper is clean and the ink strong but with a hint of fading. It will come in a folder with background research on Lt. Storrow including his history, a typed copy of Cogwell’s letter to his parents pertaining to the circumstances of his death, typed copy of Storrow’s letter, a copy of a picture of a Union encampment while in Atlanta and the original, handwritten letter by Storrow. There is no envelope.

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On Jul-03-15 at 05:58:24 PDT, seller added the following information:

Charles RussellLowell, Jr., was born in Boston, January 2d, 1835.

In 1850, at theage of fifteen, he entered Harvard University, where he took the first rank in hisclass and graduated with the valedictory honors. His military record shows himto have been Captain, Sixth United States Cavalry, May 14, 1861 ; Colonel,Second Massachusetts Cavalry, April 15, 1863. Died at Middletown, Virginia,October 20, 1864, of wounds received at Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864.

Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837– July 18, 1863) was an American soldier in the Union Armyduring the Civil War. Born into a prominent Massachusetts abolitionistfamily, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (54th Massachusetts) andencouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equalled to the whitetroops’ wage. At the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, a beach-headnear Charleston, South Carolina, Shaw waskilled while leading his men to the parapet of the enemy fort.