Reporting on the Battle of Kinston and the capture of most Co. V, 15th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, in an autograph letter, signed by Allen, the Quartermaster of the regiment, who was not captured, March 17, 1865, from “Camp of 15th Conn Vols / Kinston, N.C.,” to “Dordie” an otherwise unidentified friend back home.
Folio. 3-pages, approximately 650 words, in part: “I have the sad intelligence to cronicle the capture of Col. Upham’s Brigade at ‘Jackson’s Mill,’ and with it most of the 15th Co. V … our scouts and cavalry had reported ‘South west creek’ too high for the enemy to cross …..... More