[Harrisburg: Hamilton & Son, printers,1832] 12mo, 8-page pamphlet, original plain paper wrappers, ex-library, small handstamp on first page, else a very good, clean copy. more >
folio, printed circular letter and manuscript letter carried on a four-page folding letter sheet, formerly folded, postal markings and stamp on integral address leaf, small marginal defect to printed circular letter, which occurred when opening, else very good. 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