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Fighting Rebel Cavalry And On Being Reviewed By Ge

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A nice war-date Union soldier's letter: 3pp. 8vo., written in ink on patriotic stationery, by Corp. Jordan Carroll Harris, Co. A, 81st Ill., LaGrange, Tenn., Nov. 24, 1862, it reads in part: "...We are still in possession of good health and strength. Thos is not able to stand duty yet & Wm. Carner's health is not very good yet but we have none in the company who are very sick except one (Jas. Rush) who was taken pretty severely today...Today I got to hear the guns roaring in battle. The news came in this evening that a portion of the enemy's cavalry several miles to the south west of here slipped in this side of our picket guards & tried to cut them off but our sharpshooters came in contact with them which caused the firing which we heard & checked the design of the enemy causing them to retreat back at double quick with the loss of 30 of their number in prisoners....We have been on a grand review under Gen. Grant today...my men are now on guard of Col. Dollins' head-quarters & I am sitting before his tent at his fire now righting by candle-light with a bayonet stuck in the ground to serve for a candle stick...". Original cover is included. Harriss was captured with a majority of his regiment at Guntown, Miss. on June 10, 1864 and sent to Andersonville prison. After his exchange, he was mustered out with his regiment at the end of the war. Very good.

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