1863 CIVIL WAR. Rare Diary Style Letter Recounting Siege of Port Hudson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Biography incorporating original letters by C

incorporating original letters by C

A really sobering item

1716] was great-great-grandson of Elder Strong

old church bookplate & inscription

Carte de Visite by Matthew B

1863 CIVIL WAR. Rare Diary Style Letter Recounting Siege of Port Hudson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Biography incorporating original letters by CA wonderful little pairing, found together, including a rather desirable title on Prisoners of War during the Civil War, and a four page 1863 letter, written from July 1 to July 4, 1863, detailing the 50th Regiment of Massachusetts' involvement in the Siege of Port Hudson in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mentions black soldiers being recruited from the liberated slaves, Generals Godfrey Weitzel, Cuvier Grover, Christopher C Augur, and Thomas W. Sherman;