From D.S. Jones, Goldsboro, NC to Miss Charlotte Earle, Leon, New York, reading, in part: to "Our first mail since leaving Savannah brought me a letter from you...The high name that Sherman has earned is perhaps a great thing at the North, and the advance of his grand army may astonish the world and we may feel that we are doing great things against the rebellion, but it is a horrid state (of) things in the country we have passed through cities, villages, and plantations destroyed and burned, thousands of women and children left without a shelter, clothing or food, but enough of this...We expect to lay in camp here for some time...our wishes and hopes turn to homes and friends...may God hasten the time when we may return." The letter and its postal cover are presented in a two-sided frame.

From the Mäder and Meder family Estates, New York and Virginia

Goldsboro, North Carolina was a beehive of military activity after the federals pushed into North Carolina during the spring of 1865. There the Union army received fresh supplies and prepared for their advance on Raleigh, the state capital.


Light age toning with some soiling as expected; overall very good condition and quite legible.