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![Used Civil War envelope with double C.D.S. Fredericksburg, Va., Jun. 7, with embossed 3 cents rose George Washington postage stamp. Addressed to Mrs. L. Lewis Taylor, Williamsport, Point Coupee Cty., [Parish], Louisiana. Very fine.
WBTS Trivia: Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana is located near Baton Rouge. The Battle of Baton Rouge was a land and naval battle fought on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/mem8347a.jpg)
![<b>"Tell Bob he ought to have been with us at Corinth. He thought he heard the cannons roar up in Tennessee, but he did not hear anything to what it was up at Corinth."</b>
3 pages, 6 1/4 x 8, written in a bold and neat pencil hand by Sergeant B.J. Caldwell, Co. G, 2nd Mississippi Cavalry, to his wife.
<b><u>Camp Near Salem, [Miss.], October the 16th, 1862</b></u>
Dear Wife,
I again take my pencil in hand to drop you a few lines to let you hear from me again. I have no news to write on. Tom [is] well & doing very well. I was right sick last Saturday night & Sunday. I had a light chill Saturday night, but I think it was caused by getting wet Friday evening. We rode in the rain all evening & got very wet. Bob was sick yesterday but he is up today. The rest is well. Sally I received your kind letter sent by the Capt. & was very glad to hear from you & I would love to get another today for I study a good deal about home. Sally we are camped about 2 miles west of Salem, but I can’t tell how long we will stay here nor where we will go to, but if the Yankees get down in our country I would love to come down there. Sally I wrote you a letter last week & sent it by mail, but it is uncertain whether you got it or not. I want you to have your corn gathered as soon as you can & if the army comes down there put your fattening hogs up & you must do what you all think best with Beck. You are all there & know how things is better than I do. Sally we have heard that the Yankees has got down to Tupelo & if they have I am afraid they will be all over the country & if they are I would like to come down there & help drive them back, but if they do come treat them as well as you can & if you have any meat or anything that they can take hide it out for that is the way the folks has had to do up here. Sally I am sorry to hear of the Cherry Creek Boys being tore up so bad, but I am in hopes it is not as bad as we heard it was, but I want you to write to me what has become of Ben for I can’t hear nothing from him. Sally tell all of the old folks that I would write them a letter this evening if I had time, but it is time to commence getting supper & Mr. Shettels is going to start home in the morning & I want to send my letter by him. Tell Bob he ought to have been with us at Corinth. He thought he heard the cannons roar up in Tennessee, but he did not hear anything to what it was up at Corinth. Sam Campbell said he never heard the like. Give my love to all & be certain to write when ever you have the chance of sending a letter, Nothing more only I remain yours until death.
B.J. Caldwell
Written on the back panel is, "Mrs. Sarah B. Caldwell, Cherry Creek, Miss. By the politeness of Mr. Shettels."
Light age toning and wear with some scattered light staining. Typical misspelling and grammatical errors. Excellent content. Scarce.
The 2nd Mississippi Cavalry fought in the army corps of Price, Jackson, Van Dorn, Lee and N.B. Forrest, and in the armies of the Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana, Army of Tennessee, Department of the West, Army of Mississippi, and the Department of Alabama, Mississippi & East Louisiana. After skirmishing in Mississippi it saw action at Various conflicts in North Georgia and Alabama. Some of the men were captured in the fight at Selma, and only a remnant surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. The field officers were Colonels Edward Dillon and J.L. McCarty, Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon, and Majors J.L. Harris and John J. Perry.](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/cl548a.jpg)
![<b>Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War
General-in-Chief of the United States Army
Autograph Letter Signed
Written to the prominent lawyer and civil servant, Samuel L. Gouverneur concerning the presidency of "Old Hickory," Andrew Jackson!</b>
(1786-1866) A year older than the Constitution, the venerable Winfield Scott, hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, became General in chief of the U.S. Army in 1841, a position he still held at the start of the Civil War. A true professional soldier, he was one of the very few men in the country who saw the need to prepare for a major military effort as the impending Civil War grew ever closer. His "Anacondona Plan" proved to be very sound and helped to defeat the Confederacy. Succeeded by General George B. McClellan in November 1861, he retired to write his memoirs, and died at West Point in 1866 where he is buried. A Virginian, he was the only non-West Pointer of Southern origin in the Regular Army to remain loyal to the Union. His service as the Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years was the longest that any officer ever held that position.
<u>Autograph Letter Signed</u>: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4, in ink. This is the post script of a folded letter written by Winfield Scott to the prominent lawyer and civil servant, Samuel L. Gouverneur, who was both the nephew, and son-in-law of U.S. President James Monroe. The content is excellent and this post script stands on its own merits as it is both signed and dated by Winfield Scott. Known as a folded letter, this letter sheet was used not only to write the letter on, but it was then folded using a blank panel on the reverse side to address it as an envelope would be. It is entirely addressed in the hand of Winfield Scott: "To Samuel L. Gouverneur, Esqr., Post Master, New York," and it has been free franked, stamped in red, "FREE."
P.S. The debate on the deposit question was this morning postponed till tomorrow, some five sets of resolutions on the subject having been yesterday referred to a Commissioner & a report made thereon this morning, it became necessary to print the new resolutions. Rely upon it, the removal of the deposits will be strongly condemned by an immense majority. This condemnation, I think cannot [but help] to break the administration phalanx in the U.S.H. of Representatives & induce some thirty or forty Jackson** men to vote for a restoration. Rely also upon the appearance that the President will not dare to veto the Resolution if it passes the two Houses of Congress.
Yrs. truly,
Winfield Scott
Jan. 14, 1834
**General Winfield Scott is referring to President Andrew Jackson, who was serving as the 7th President of the United States when this event happened.
The letter is in very good condition with light age toning and wear and some paper loss at the upper left corner which does not affect any of the content. There is another area of paper loss at the left edge which does cause the loss of 2 words, and there are remnants of the original red wax seal at the right edge which does not affect any of the content. Very desirable.
The recipient of this letter, Samuel L. Gouverneur, was a prominent attorney, civil servant, and both the nephew and son-in-law of the 5th President of the United States James Monroe. Born in 1799 in New York City, his mother was the sister of President Monroe's wife. After his graduation from Columbia in 1817, he served as the private secretary of his uncle President James Monroe. Gouverneur married President Monroe's daughter (his first cousin), Maria Hester Monroe, on March 9, 1820, and it was the first wedding ever held in the White House for a child of a President of the United States. General Thomas Jesup served as groomsman at the wedding. Gouverneur was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1825, and he served as Postmaster of New York City from 1828 to 1836. He helped former president Monroe press his claims to the U.S. Congress to repay mounting debts, and after Monroe's wife's death in 1830, the former president lived with his nephew/son-in-law until his own death in 1831. Gouverneur was executor of Monroe's estate, which had to be sold off to pay the debts. Monroe was buried in the Gouverneur family vault at the New York City Marble Cemetery, until descendants had the remains moved to the James Monroe Tomb in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Monroe's personal papers were left to Gouverneur, who started work on publishing them, but the project was never finished. The Gouverneur's later moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked in the consular bureau of the U.S. Department of State from 1844 to 1849. After congress agreed to buy the papers of President Monroe, Gouverneur proposed a similar arrangement, which was finally concluded in 1850. After his wife Maria died in 1850, he married Mary D. Lee, granddaughter of Thomas S. Lee, and they retired to the Lee estate called "Needwood," near Frederick, Maryland. The family relations reached a breaking point during the Civil War, as Gouverneur supported President Lincoln and the Federal Government, while his in-laws were deeply rooted in the Confederacy. Samuel L. Gouverneur died on September 29, 1865, living long enough to see the Federal victory, and peace restored to the Union that his uncle President James Monroe helped to create as one of the "Founding Fathers."](http://www.tias.com/stores/war/thumbs/auto4922a.jpg)
![Measuring approximately 9 ¾ X 13 inches this Petersburg, Virginia slave merchant broadside is in delicate condition with some tattering of its thin southern pulp paper but remains entirely original. Emanating years ago from an attic clean out here in coastal Maine, we simply shrink wrapped it on acid free board and have maintained it in our collection as you see it. A nice size for display and restorible though it may be, we’d leave this piece as is except for proper mounting. The broadside was issued by Benjamin F. Childrey who, per his announcement, maintains an office at <B>No. 30 Bollingdrook St., ONE DOOR BELOW MESS[ERS] BOISSEAU & HARRISON</B>. The Petersburg merchant advises: <B>NEGROES WANTED</B> <I>, that he has received an order to buy <B>Fifty Likely YOUNG NEGROES <U>For the State of Tennessee</U></B> and that <B>THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES</B> The broadside bears a penciled date (1859) notation of unknown origin which appears to be supported by a partial date (59) still discernable along the tattered bottom edge. The <I>F. Childrey </I> and partial <I>burg</I> appearing at the right of this edge is research identifiable as <B>B. F. CHILDERY</B> of <B>Petersburg, Va. </B> Our <I>Boisseau & Harrison </I> photo insert is from the period and verifies their location in Petersburg, Va. as per the broadside. Our own rudimentary research placed B. F. Childery as a period Petersburg merchant of varying purpose from grocer to estate sale merchant with a number of partnerships over time. By the 1870 he appears to have become associated with city government at one point holding position as Petersburg’s <I>Water Commissioner</I> and later serving as <I>Justice of the Mayor’s Court</I> where he heard and handed down <I>justice</I> in all manner of cases from public intoxication to criminal. Our photos will do best with respect to condition and details of the content of this striking piece of just pre Civil War Americana. <B>Buy with confidence! </B><I> We are pleased to offer a <B><U>no questions asked</U> three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales!</B> <I>Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly.</I> Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques](http://www.tias.com/stores/gunsight/thumbs/5566a.jpg)
