Assorted Civil War papers of Alonzo Bell (d. 1906) a Civil War voluteer from New York City who would later become Asst. Sec. of the Interior under President Hayes. Lot includes letters written to his mother throughout the war, full of anecdotes relating to things such as his initial journey from New York City to Ft. McHenry, his duties escorting POWs and deserters from camp to camp, and his time on leave in Washington, which he and his fellow soldiers found so deserted that Bell was able to assume the lectern in the Senate and jokingly promote his own captain to General of the Army. Also included is a CDV of the young soldier in uniform from Brauneck's in New York, a card advertising a lecture On "Public Duties" by Alonzo Bell at the Getty Lyceum, an invitation to the 1881 Reception and Soiree of the National Rifles, and a Republican campaign poster urging support for Bell to represent the 29th Assembly District in the state legislature of New York. Condition: Items range from good to excellent. As a whole the collection is in very good condition.
Assorted Civil War papers of Alonzo Bell (d. 1906) a Civil War voluteer from New York City who would later become Asst. Sec. of the Interior under President Hayes. Lot includes letters written to his mother throughout the war, full of anecdotes relating to things such as his initial journey from New York City to Ft. McHenry, his duties escorting POWs and deserters from camp to camp, and his time on leave in Washington, which he and his fellow soldiers found so deserted that Bell was able to assume the lectern in the Senate and jokingly promote his own captain to General of the Army. Also included is a CDV of the young soldier in uniform from Brauneck's in New York, a card advertising a lecture On "Public Duties" by Alonzo Bell at the Getty Lyceum, an invitation to the 1881 Reception and Soiree of the National Rifles, and a Republican campaign poster urging support for Bell to represent the 29th Assembly District in the state legislature of New York. Condition: Items range from good to excellent. As a whole the collection is in very good condition.
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