Group of 31 letters, totaling 113 manuscript, (18 retained mailing envelopes), dated 17 June 1862 to 16 July 1890, plus 1 postcard and 1 circular. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub
