[Baltimore: c. 1806] partially printed single sheet measuring 13 x 8 ¼ inches, accomplished in manuscript, formerly folded, in very good, clean condition. more >
quarto, 3 pages, plus stamp less address leaf, tear in blank margin of second leaf of letter sheet, due to careless opening, not affecting any text, otherwise in very good, clean, legible condition. 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