Keeping his wife Catherine informed of his activities, including military matters, his pay and other financial issues, thoughts on re-enlisting, camp life, etc., in a series of 11 autograph letters, the first on an illustrated patriotic letterhead, signed by Jamieson, February 17, 1862 – June 4, 1864, from various posting in Virginia, to “Dear Wife” in New York. 11 autograph letters.
8vo, 32 pages, approximately 2750 words (selections from the letters are included below). Accompanied by a framed silhouette of Jamieson at 16, signed by him on the mount below the image in 1847. The letters are folded for mailing and housed in contemporary blue envelopes with place and date written..... More