(3) items as follows: Autograph Letter Signed "John C. Hudgins," 4 pp., 8vo, Manassas Junction, Virginia, August 8, 1861, to a cousin in North Carolina. Penned on Confederate patriotic stationery emblazoned with a 10-star First National flag in color. Hudgins writes in part, "...I am now 25 miles from Washington...thar has bin a grate battle hear I was in it but never got hurt. there was 2000 of our men killed or wounded. 4000 or 5000 of the enemy. we are expecting another battle hear...there was hundreds that rotted on the Battle ground...thare was a Creak where the fight it was Red with Blood the Battle was on the 21 of July I fit like a hero...". Hudgins served as a private in Co. "E", 23rd NC Infantry from June 5, 1861 until transferred on June 18, 1863. Light soiling, fine condition; plus, Confederate postal cover addressed to "Miss Nancy Hudgings /Orang (sic) County / Durhams vill / North Carolina", CSA #4 5-cent stamp tied to cover by unidentified Georgia postmark. Soling, good condition; plus, Parole, partially printed, one page, 5.5 x 8.5 in., made out to Henry S. Markham in Chapel Hill on June 19, 1865. This "oath" to the United States mentions slavery and is dated on the original "Juneteenth," a day now celebrating emancipation. Soiling and turned corners. Good condition. Markham does not turn up in military rosters, however is listed in the 1850 Orange County census as a farmer.

Descended from the Leigh Family Estate Collection, of Chapel Hill, NC.

$300 - 500