8 letters, 17 pages, plus a later offprint by William R. Amberson. Incoming correspondence, plus one retained outgoing letter, both typescript and manuscript, several with hand drawn diagrams, in very good, clean and 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
