Lot 110
Lot of Civil War and Reconstruction Era Documents. This 46-piece collection includes items dating to the American Civil War and the years shortly thereafter signed by such notable figures as: novelist, lecturer, and war correspondant Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896); Confederate Senator for Virginia William Cabell Rives (1793-1868); Union Army General and U.S. Grant's Secretary of the Interior, Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900); Union Brigadier-General Israel Vogdes (1816-1889); and Union Army Colonel and newspaper editor Smith Dykins Atkins (1836-1913).
The lot features an autograph letter signed by Samuel Emerson Opdycke (1830-1884), 1 page, 4 x 7¾", Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia, May 8, 1864. To Brigadier General Charles Garrison Harker. In it, Opdycke, Colonel of the 125th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, provides a progress report to his superior: "The crest is ours + we are driving the enemy south towards Dalton". The week-long battle of Rocky Face Ridge initiated General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, conflicts resulting in the loss of more than 65,000 men, nearly half of whom were Union soldiers. The capture of Atlanta boosted Northern morale and contributed to the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. Handsomely framed with an engraved illustration of the engagement, the letter is in very good condition, with just minor staining at the lower right and a single tear along the upper margin, none of which obscure Opdycke's clean, bold script. Estimated Value $500 - 700
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