1862-01-06 +LITTLE PRAIRIE RHONDE MICH----CASS CO---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & GRID CANCEL ON SCOTT 65 & MS MISS & FORD AND CDS FROM WASHINGTON HEIGHTS (NOW PORT OF NEW YORK) N.Y. JAN 15----TO MRS MILTON HAM, WASHINGTON HOLLOW, DUTCHESS CO, N.Y.----ON RED, WHITE, AND BLUE STATIONARY----FROM E.W.FERRISS TO HER SISTER WITH MENTION OF THE WAR READING IN PART "...I HAD JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NASHVILLE FROM A MAN IN THE SAME COMPANY WITH ALBERT STATING THAT FIFTY-NINE OF THEIR COMPANY HAD BEEN TAKEN PRISONERS, AND THAT ALBERT WAS ONE OF THEIR NUMBER. THEY WERE DECEIVED BY THE REBELS AS THEY WERE APPROACHED WITH A FLAG OF TRUCE..." MUCH MORE IN THIS WONDERFUL LETTER-----GENEALOGY----CIVIL WAR-----COURTESY OF ELLIS I /WHITFORD AUCTION 2018 LOT 586

Year: 1862
Date: 1862-01-06
County: Cass
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Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
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