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CIVIL WAR: CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S LETTER. Autograph Letter Signed ("Jacob E Wells"), 3 pp recto and verso on 8vo (conjoining leaves), Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 26, 1863, to his father,
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CIVIL WAR: CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S LETTER.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Jacob E Wells"), 3 pp recto and verso on 8vo (conjoining leaves), Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 26, 1863, to his father, in ink on blue lined paper. Some areas heavily browned, creases.
Rare Confederate soldier's letter to his father, from the fortifications at Vicksburg in early 1863. The soldier writes that his health is good, but "The duty on us is very heavy now on the a count of the yanks bein in sight and a looking fur and a tack...." He mentions the condition of the Mississippi River and its effect on the Union Army's progress: "The River is very hy and still a rassing i dont think the yankeys ever wil git ther chanel cut so as to run their boats thrue." He also mentions that the Yankees " ... has run 2 gun boats a past our battery our farses has captuerd them both...."
Early in 1863, Grant made the first attempt to construct waterways that would allow Union forces to move outside the range of Vicksburg's artillery defenses. The first of these, dubbed "Grant's Canal," failed due to the unexpected surges in the Mississippi's water level. It flooded with muddy water and silt, and even the deployment of two massive steam dredges failed, and the canal was abandoned, to be followed by four other equally unsuccessful attempts. Eventually he marched his army downriver on the opposite side of the Mississippi, crossed well south of Vicksburg, and then turned north to attack the city in the spring.
Rare Confederate soldier's letter to his father, from the fortifications at Vicksburg in early 1863. The soldier writes that his health is good, but "The duty on us is very heavy now on the a count of the yanks bein in sight and a looking fur and a tack...." He mentions the condition of the Mississippi River and its effect on the Union Army's progress: "The River is very hy and still a rassing i dont think the yankeys ever wil git ther chanel cut so as to run their boats thrue." He also mentions that the Yankees " ... has run 2 gun boats a past our battery our farses has captuerd them both...."
Early in 1863, Grant made the first attempt to construct waterways that would allow Union forces to move outside the range of Vicksburg's artillery defenses. The first of these, dubbed "Grant's Canal," failed due to the unexpected surges in the Mississippi's water level. It flooded with muddy water and silt, and even the deployment of two massive steam dredges failed, and the canal was abandoned, to be followed by four other equally unsuccessful attempts. Eventually he marched his army downriver on the opposite side of the Mississippi, crossed well south of Vicksburg, and then turned north to attack the city in the spring.