Looking For Civil War Correspondence Group Of Letters

hi all,

i am looking for, ideally a 2 sided but 1 sided correspondence is OK too

so a group of letters between parent/wife (or so) and a soldier, confederate or union.

in covers would be great, but if not possible letters only are ok too

i am looking at the various auctions and not seeing any, does anyone know where to find something this?

thank you in advance...just do not know where to look anymore

ebay gives plenty of loose letters but non matching groups. and books with prints, I am looking for originals

They do come up from time to time in the auctions, especially the ones dealing with the Civil War, anywhere from 10-30 letters. Just have to get an eye on the auctions.

Schuyler Rumsey auctions are ones to check out for sure.

I have a letter and cover dated April 4, 1860 from a cadet at the Navel Academy to his sister.., in Nashville!! I know that doesn't fit your criteria but In the letter he writes about the possibility of war and some of his classmates becoming enemies (my words).

Hi stephen, yes I will be checking them

thank you rogdcam, I will check them when they have a new one coming up.

stampcrow, that sounds like an interesting letter! wish you had a group...and would have be interesting to read what they replied

Most correspondence groups from any era go in only one direction.

Groups of civil war letters (and diaries) with "good content" are highly sought by military history collectors and prices are typically aggressive.

Not impossible, but less likely as one goes back in time, although there are some interesting collections of literary correspondence. My parents' letters to one another during WWII survived for sixty years, but my mother destroyed them before she died.

Are you looking for letters for your own collection or for some sort of research? If for yourself, check on the various auctions as mentioned above. If for research purposes, some of the US universities and museums have batches of letters that are digitalized (used to be microfilmed) and possibly available through the internet.

Hi Stephen, thank you for the advice, and yes I want them for my own collection so scans will not work for me

https://trishkaufmann.com/
I have not dealt with her, but Trish Kaufman has written many detailed articles about the contents of Civil War letters.

As she is a dealer, you should contact her.

Dstamp, thank you for this info, I will