76th PA Keystone Zouave Private Details Prisoner Capture, Gunboat Fight

Description: The 76th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Keystone Zouaves, was a Union Army infantry regiment that served in the Civil War from October 18, 1861, to July 18, 1865. The regiment was organized in Harrisburg, PA, and fought in Virginia and the Carolinas. The 76th was engaged in the battles of Secessionville, Pocotaligo, Cold Harbor the Crater, Chaffin’s Farm, Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, Fort Fisher, Wilmington, Second Battle of Fort Wagner and Charleston Harbor, Deep Bottom, Fort Fisher. FREDERICK W. FOGLE enlisted on August 26, 1863 as a Private. Fogle was wounded on June 10, 1864. Fogle often writes multiple letters within one letter to his wife. 4 pp, 5 x 7 ¾, Hilton Head, SC, March 18, 1864. Fogle details Union soldiers being taken prisoner and a gunboat fight between his regiment and the rebels. “...Three o’clock in the morning there was about five of the Company B fellows was captured. They camp about two miles from here but they belong to the 16th Regiment. There was in a picket boat and they...fired in to the rebels but there was so many rebels that they could not whip them. Then after our men fired, the rebels was so close to them that they had not time to load their guns and they took their bayonets to it. The men that was on the shore could hear them fight and groan but had not boat to got to help them. We don’t know whether there was any killed or not. Last night I was on guard and the other two companies was kept up from one o’clock til four in the morning. We expected an attack but there was none. We was called up the other night again for another mule fight. I didn’t hear whether they killed the mule...Last night we was called out between three and four o’clock in the morning and drilled till the moon went down and then stacked arms and retired...but wasn’t allowed to sleep till morning but there was no attack... “Today is the 20th and I will write to let you know this morning there was a about fifteen or twenty rebel boats could be heard rowing and we was double quicked to where the boats was heard...We was ordered to fire on them. We fired about ten n them. We don’t know whether we hurt any...but they skedaddled back in a hurry and didn’t fire any at us. And if our gunboats had done as ordered, we might have captured all of them but I don’t think they will want to come back again...Our gunboats has been throwing shells over to them this morning to see how they liked them... Fogle’s spelling is challenging. Spelling corrected and punctuation added for clarity in the transcription. The letter has toning, folds and foxing. A small piece is missing from the last page, which affects several words. Fogle’s signature has been removed, but this clearly a letter written by him as we have a large collection of his letters. Everything we sell is guaranteed authentic forever to the original buyer. We also offer a 30-day return policy. If you discover a problem or are dissatisfied with an item, please contact us immediately. Our goal is to please every customer. We are pleased to be members of The Manuscript Society, Universal Autograph Collectors Club, The Ephemera Society, the Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers and the Preferred Autograph Dealers and Auction Houses. [CW 303]

Price: 295 USD

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

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