" ... HE HAD ALL THE COURAGE A SOLDIER NEED TO HAVE AND NOW HE FILLS A SOLDIERS GRAVE ... "

[CIVIL WAR LETTER) Autograph Letter Signed. Washington, D.C. June 23, 1864. 4 pp. This soldier is serving in a Civil War Hospital. His letter tells about the fellows in the ward and how bad off they are with specific reference to one patient suffering with a terrible bout of gangrene whose tissue is being burned off every day by the doctors. The writer further states that if this soldier loses his leg he will likely die. He then writes that the soldier has died and he had only hoped that he could have been able to do something for him. He writes more about his good friend and the letter is a fine record and description of the horrors of medical treatment in those days. Signed only "Your brother, John." In Excellent condition, easily read penmanship.