Lot 376
Gettysburg Letter By A CSA Artilleryman. James F. Newman, a private in Capt. Fry's Company of the Virginia Light Artillery, also known as the Orange Artillery, writes a letter to his wife, 4 pp (2 sheets), 7½"x4½", Jefferson Co., Va., 1863 July 19. Fine except for a clean split across both pages, easily repaired. Newman tells his wife, "I have been through two hard fights and come out without a scratch… He describes ransacking homes for food when they invaded Pennsylvania, then adds, "we had three days of the hardest fighting that ever was on Record. There was a solid shot passed Rite by my legs and struck one of our men…we had a hundred and eighty cannons all firing at the same time and the yankees about three hundred and the noise they made was beyond discribeing….I worked untill I was completely broke down….we took about 8 thousand prisners and Picket Division went to Richmond with them….We was repulsed with heavy loss and had to fall back for more ammunition.…" Excellent content from a Confederate artillerist who helped open the deadly salvos at the wheat field that preceded the famous charge by General Pickett and his men. Accompanied by the consignor's research on this unit.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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