374
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) RIDDLE, ANDREW JACKSON, Confederate
Photographer.
Trench burial of Union dead by colored prisoners at
Andersonville.
Un-mounted albumen photograph, 7
3
⁄
8
x 4
1
⁄
4
inches; old cloth tape rein-
forcement to reverse; pencil number at top right; notation on reverse “heartless burial of
Union prisoners” and signature of Levin Handy (in red pen). (WGC)
[600/800]
375
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.)
Confederate Letter from Captain Leonard
Williams, Company K, 2nd South Carolina Cavalry (Hampton’s Legion), June 8,
1863. Concerning the advance of Confederate troops opening the Gettysburg
Campaign; discussion of the use of his slaves and the payment of their labor.
Folio leaf, folded to form four pages, written on all sides in pencil, some of which is faded
but still quite legible. (WGC)
Virginia, 1863
[1,000/1,500]
An excellent letter, portions of which were used in the novel “A Boot Full of Memories,” based
on Mr. Williams’ wartime experiences in part.
376
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
“Compensation for the loss of my slave Wyatt.”
Partially printed document, accom-
plished by hand. (WGC)
Laurens District 18 March, 1864
[400/600]
374
375
