CIVIL WAR LETTER PIATT\'S ZOUAVES 34TH OHIO CAPTURE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
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CIVIL WAR LETTER PIATT\'S ZOUAVES 34TH OHIO CAPTURE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE:
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GREAT CIVIL WAR LETTER NEAR THE END OF THE FIGHTING FROM A SOLDIER IN PIATT\'S ZOUAVES FROM THE 34TH OHIO INFANTRY. THE LETTER IS DATED APRIL 7, 1865 FROM A CAMP NEAR DALTON GEORGIA.
SOME OF THE KEY INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS:
DEAR MATTIE,.....................WE HAVE BEEN ON A FORAGING EXPEDITION FOR TWO DAYS......ANOTHER REGIMENT WENT OUT THE SAME MORNING AND HAD QUITE A SEVERE SKIRMISH WITH SOME 300 REBS BUT CAME OFF BEST. KILLED, WOUNDED AND CAPTURED ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THEIR NUMBER. THEIR COMMANDER WAS AMONG THOSE KILLED......HEARD GLORIOUS NEWS THE OTHER DAY THAT GEN. GRANT HAD TAKEN RICHMOND & PETERSBURG WITH 12,000 PRISONERS, 50 PIECES OR ARTILLERY, LEE BEING INCLUDED WITH THE PRISIONERS. I TELL YOU THERE WAS REJOICING IN CAMP AMONG THE BOYS. AT THE RECEIVING OF THE NEWS THE ARTILLERY FIRED A SALUTE OF 36 GUNS.......HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE NEWS OF THE FIGHT AND CAPTURE OF SHERIDANS TROOPS. THE BOYS HAVE CAUSE OF REJOICING AGIAN.....GOOD BYE....WILL
CIVIL WAR LETTER PIATT\'S ZOUAVES 34TH OHIO CAPTURE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE:
$199.99