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[CIVIL WAR]. [VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN]. STARRING, Frederick A. An archive of the Vicksburg campaign, and other Civil War actions, from the officer designated by Grant to receive the arms, ordnance and ammunition of the surrendering garrison, 1861-1864. Approximately 50 items, comprising wartime letters, official correspondence, passes, carte-de-visites, and other war-related material belonging to Starring, various sizes.
Starring tells us in the biographical sketch included in the lot, that he "was in all the campaigns and battles of the Mississippi Valley from Ft. Donaldson [Sic] down." He fought at First Bull Run before moving to the western theatre, where he saw action at Forts Henry and Donelson, Uniontown, Paducah, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, the Yazoo Pass expedition, several other major battles "and over 100 skirmishes." Grant personally selected him to receive the Confederate's "arms, ordinance, and ammunition" after the surrender of the Vicksburg garrison. His letters provide a fascinating picture of both combat action, and the mood of the people in the west: 5 September 1861, from Camp Butler in Illinois: "Business is utterly prostrated all over the Country. In fact there is no business but war, nor is there a likelihood of there being any other business for a long time to come. God only knows where it will end. I firmly believe we are fast drifting towards a military despotism, and that it will be our only salvation as a nation." A 24 March 1862 letter describes the ruins of Columbus, Kentucky after the rebel evacuation: "their barracks and quarters were still smoking when we came." 30 May 1862 letter from Columbus, Kentucky: people are "generally bitter, sullen, morose. I have been unable to discover any trace of the Union feeling in the South that the papers tell us so much about." While many were complying with the demand to take loyalty oaths, "they do it with a bad grace and would be the first to hurrah for Jeff Davis if the enemy should appear....Rebels and traitors should be punished by the rope." Also included is a printed broadside issued from Paducah, Kentucky on 8 September 1862, ordering all citizens to turn in their firearms by noon of 10 September. "Any person who shall be found to have any fire-arms in his possession, or to have, secreted or disposed of the same to evade this order, will be considered an enemy to the Government, and will be dealt with accordingly." The archive also includes Starring's VICKSBURG MEDAL OF HONOR, and even a piece of slate taken from the roof of the Vicksburg courthouse. An extensive, vivid collection of a distinguished Union officer.
Starring tells us in the biographical sketch included in the lot, that he "was in all the campaigns and battles of the Mississippi Valley from Ft. Donaldson [Sic] down." He fought at First Bull Run before moving to the western theatre, where he saw action at Forts Henry and Donelson, Uniontown, Paducah, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, the Yazoo Pass expedition, several other major battles "and over 100 skirmishes." Grant personally selected him to receive the Confederate's "arms, ordinance, and ammunition" after the surrender of the Vicksburg garrison. His letters provide a fascinating picture of both combat action, and the mood of the people in the west: 5 September 1861, from Camp Butler in Illinois: "Business is utterly prostrated all over the Country. In fact there is no business but war, nor is there a likelihood of there being any other business for a long time to come. God only knows where it will end. I firmly believe we are fast drifting towards a military despotism, and that it will be our only salvation as a nation." A 24 March 1862 letter describes the ruins of Columbus, Kentucky after the rebel evacuation: "their barracks and quarters were still smoking when we came." 30 May 1862 letter from Columbus, Kentucky: people are "generally bitter, sullen, morose. I have been unable to discover any trace of the Union feeling in the South that the papers tell us so much about." While many were complying with the demand to take loyalty oaths, "they do it with a bad grace and would be the first to hurrah for Jeff Davis if the enemy should appear....Rebels and traitors should be punished by the rope." Also included is a printed broadside issued from Paducah, Kentucky on 8 September 1862, ordering all citizens to turn in their firearms by noon of 10 September. "Any person who shall be found to have any fire-arms in his possession, or to have, secreted or disposed of the same to evade this order, will be considered an enemy to the Government, and will be dealt with accordingly." The archive also includes Starring's VICKSBURG MEDAL OF HONOR, and even a piece of slate taken from the roof of the Vicksburg courthouse. An extensive, vivid collection of a distinguished Union officer.