quarto, 4 pages, formerly folded, neatly inscribed in ink, dated Carrollton, January 9, 1863, addressed to his “Sister Fannie and all the rest.” In very good legible condition. more >
folio, 14 typescript – carbon pages, on rectos only, lacking the text of page one of Parker’s account, accounting for 19 lines of text in the printed version, supplied here in facsimile, the last page is signed and dated by Parker. 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