60 Civil War letters.. 36 from 5th N.J. Volunteers officer Phoenix AZ

60 letters, most with original envelopes, from various senders, American Civil War..some exciting content; 1. The branding of a ¨D¨ on forehead of deserter, who is marched on parade grounds in front of troops. 2. Discovery of a Confederate spy in Patent Office. 3. Execution of a named deserter...who was caught with drawings of the Union camp, and in the possession of Confederate weapons. Executed by firing squad, and falls directly into his grave... the R.I. cavalry captain who wrote this letter later wounded and captured. 4. Details of the murder of captured Union soldiers by southern guerrillas in Tennessee. A Lt. and enlisted man escape, and Union commander fines locals $10,000. Writer of this letter later wounded, and loses hand. 5. Mosby's Raiders. 6. Much more... $4000.00 Includes a group of 36 letters from a 5th N.J. Volunteers soldier, who enlisted 1861 as a sergeant, and mustered out a Captain in 1864...writes from Bull Run, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor, etc. There are letters from many of the locations below, where the 5th saw action.

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