Six letters, 19 manuscript pages, dated 1840-44, quarto and folio, some war, staining and dust soiling, few short tears, and defects, else in good legible condition, despite Dixon’s idiosyncratic spelling. 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
