MAINE CHAPLAIN LETTER 1864 WONDERFUL CONTENT ON BATTLE FOR RICHMOND CIVIL WAR

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MAINE CHAPLAIN LETTER 1864 WONDERFUL CONTENT ON BATTLE FOR RICHMOND CIVIL WAR:
$137.49

An original and exceptional Civil War letter with wonderful content written by an educated man who was obviously a volunteer chaplain with the Union Army. The letter is dated the Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine, December 20, 1864, and is written to \"Brother\" Nathaniel Melcher by N.W. Grover, who has apparently just returned from spending time at the front with the Christian Commission. He begins by bantering with Nathaniel about his spending his time with the ladies of the Western Prairies, and cautions him to \"beware the ladies\" before he is trapped. The writer then begins to describe his activities since he was at Petersburg when he last wrote. His Corps was ordered toward Richmond, they struck their tents and headed to the \"Capital of Rebeldom\" twenty miles away. The march is through torrential rain, mud deep and sticky, with the wagons following him in the dark as he leads them with a candle in a lantern. They wait to cross the pontoon bridge over the James River and arrive on the other side soaking wet, with no fires and dry clothes. The Corps moves on after breakfast and coffee, and his wagons make coffee and tea for the men by the barrel. There is desperate fighting, he is with the surgeons in an old house, sleeping on the floor and working as an assistant at the amputation tables. He gives a graphic description of the madness of the hospital with wounded laying all over the floor and grounds, rebels included. He writes letters for the wounded and tends to the dying, and is very proud of the work of the Christian Commission. They are under artillery fire every five minutes, \"not very pleasant birds to have flying around\", more.... He has returned to Bangor and teaching, and ends his letter with local news and talk of old friends.....12 pages, size 5\" x 8\", folds, easily readable, very good condition, no envelope .......Guaranteed original....$4.00 shipping.....

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