This came up on my Google.com news alert a few hours ago, Eric picked it up as well.
To me this story only highlights the
Pirates and Looters of history theme I have chimed in on often and whom I loath so much. From Civil War correspondences, artifacts, and now trophies of sorts... nothing is off limits to ...
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Came across this letter on ebay and was attempting to list it on
SoldierStudies.org, but have not been able to as to the lack of a regiment assignment for this soldier.
This is what I know: his name is probably Edward (Bigelow?) and was a member of the Union Civil War Regular Army (13th Army Corps, 4th Division, 2nd Brigade). He wrote this letter ...
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