As follows: 1-2) A pair of ALS by Neill McDonald, Co. "H", 26th NC Infantry en route to Gettysburg, both one page, 8vo, to his brother, probably in Moore County, NC. The first letter, written from Staunton, VA, June 25, 1863, shows McDonald trying to re-join his regiment, which is heading north. In the second letter, from Winchester, VA, June 30, 1863, McDonald writes in part "...The whole army has crossed the Potomac. Ewell's corps is marching towards Harrisburg. The Yankee cavalry made a raid a day or two ago through Hagerstown in the rear of our army..." Both letters stained, but legible and solid. Private McDonald would survive Gettysburg only to fall at Bristoe Station, VA on October 14, 1863. 3) ALS from John McDonald (likely related to Neill McDonald above), Camp Carolina, Raleigh, NC, July 19, 1862, to his sister in Carthage, NC, four pp., 8vo. Writing upon his enlistment, McDonald describes the journey to Raleigh and camp conditions. A private in Co. "B", 3rd NC Infantry, McDonald would be wounded and captured some months later st Sharpsburg. He did survive the war. 4) ALS from Sgt. William A. Cutler, Co. "E", 4th NC Troops, Orange CH., VA, February 28, 1864, to his cousin, 4 pp., 8vo. After writing about how so many family "negroes have gone to the Yankees," Cutler states that "old Cousin Berry Thighlman was wounded." stains and some marginal paper loss. Sergeant Cutler would be killed at Spotsylvania C.H. on May 12, 1864. 5) ALS by Issac Augustus "Gus" Jarratt, Co. "C", 26th NC Infantry, near Richmond, VA, July 8, 1862, to a cousin Birdie. He humorously writes in part "...we followed the Yanks to the river and spent three days there trying to persuade them to get on their boats and go home..." Paper loss on central fold. Jarratt would be wounded at Gettysburg, get captured in 1865, but would survive the war. 6) ALS by E. J. Helsabeck, Co. "F", 21st NC Infantry, on captured Union patriotic stationery, Port Royal, VA, December 21, 1862, 4 pp., 8vo, to his brother and sister. Included is a cover from the same soldier's correspondence having a Kinston, NC cds and DUE 10 handstamp, to L. H. Helsabeck, Bethania, NC. Stains, else intact. 7) ALS by William Lovette, Co. "E", 41st GA Infantry, Colton, GA, March 30, 1864, 2 pp., 8vo, to his wife, Rocky Mount P.O., GA. With its original folded stationery cover with a DUE 10 handstamp. Lovette writes of "cannonading near Tunnel Hill" and his expectations of a fight. Even browning.

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