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Confederacy, 12-Star Flag Lettersheet, red and blue flag patriotic design on rose lettersheet datelined "Bowling Green Ky., Jan. the 19th 1862", some interesting content "…I am blessed with a reasonable position of good health as could be expected on this occasion whilst a great many of my fellow soldiers are lying mouldering in the cold clods among the pale nations of the dead … We had quite a dull Christmas. No more than any other day, only a few intoxicated men. I hope you have a lively Christmas and enjoyed yourself finely. We had quite a sleet and snow last night. We will remain in our tents as winter quarters as long as the Yankees can. They think that they will perish us out to so small a number that they can whip us easy, but when they try that prospect, they will have a lively time of it, I tell you…" and signed Wm. M. Puryear; light tone spot, Very Fine. C.S.A. Catalog No. F12-4 Estimate $500 - 750.
William M. Puryear enlisted on September 1, 1861 as a Private mustering into Company H of the Tenn. 26th Infantry.
Realized: $450