Lot 377
Gettysburg Letter From Pickett's Division. W.T. Larson, a member of Co. A, 24th Va. Regt., Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, writes a 3½ pp (2 sheets) letter to his brother and sister, 8"x5", "Camp Near Culpepper C.H., Va, July the 29th, 1863." Very fine. Larson writes that he is "blessed …to pass thru another…bloody battle yes the bloodiest of the war, the battle of Gettesburg in Pa. …All of our company was killed and wounded but fore….I was hit twice whilst we were engaged though it did not prevent me from doing duty….We lost two thirds of our Division and every Col. in the Division was killed and wounded but one and all of our Brigadier Generals in the Division was Killed and wounded. My first Lt. J.W. Headed was badly wounded and our Third Lt. Kiterman was mortally wounded. Though while the Yanks was thining our ranks we did not fail to do our best to whip them where we went. The ground was almost covered with dead Yanks…." Accompanied by the consignor's research on this unit.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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