$3,081
Collection of Civil War letters to and from the family of Lewis Foster, 9th Regiment of Artillery, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps , to include twenty-one letters to his mother, Amelia Clapper in 1863, including a letter from his mother to the army wondering whether you intend to pass my son , eleven miscellaneous 1863 letters from D. L. Adams to the family of Lewis Foster, three letters from 1862, six letters from 1864 from his hospital bed (Harwood Hospital, Washington and Chestnut Hill Hospital, Philadelphia), fourteen letters from 1864 to family members from various battlefields, twenty-two letters from 1865 mostly from Lewis to his mother and some to other family members, together with some original envelopes and a leather cap pouch.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2012-01-14
