1864 Letter by Colonel William P. Lyon, 13th Wisconsin, to Lieut. Colonel James F. Chapman — "Will you let one of the boys come down tomorrow afternoon on the train with Mr. Jones’ mare?"
1864 Letter by Colonel William P. Lyon, 13th Wisconsin, to Lieut. Colonel James F. Chapman — "Will you let one of the boys come down tomorrow afternoon on the train with Mr. Jones’ mare?"
Item No. 2279392
A September 1864 letter in which Colonel Willam P. Lyon of the 13th Wisconsin, then responsible for the defense of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad as it ran through Huntsville, Alabama, writes to his lieutenant colonel at Brownsboro to request transportation of a horse. A Wisconsin state representative from Racine, Lyon was later commissioned brevet brigadier general and in 1871 was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The letter was written on one side of a small letter sheet measuring about 7 3/4” x 7”. Creased at the original folds. The full letter reads:
Head Qrs. M. & C. R.R. Defences
Huntsville, Ala. Sept. 19 1864
Col:
Will you let one of the boys come down tomorrow afternoon on the train with Mr. Jones’ mare? I will arrange during the day with the Supt. about transportation.
Yours Truly
Wm. P. Lyon
Col. &c.
Lt. Col. Jas. F. Chapman
Comdg. at Brownsboro, Ala.