Lot
2454 
Confederacy, 12-Star Flag, red and blue patriotic design (F12-4) on privately carried cover to Jackson Miss., 12-Star Flag (F12-6) similar patriotic flag design with loose rope hanging free on lettersheet datelined "Manassas Junction Virginia June 17th 1861" and reading in part "We was four days before we landed in Lynchburg and we stayed there 2 days. And we left there to go to Manassas Junction…There is a good prospect of having a fight when we lie down at night. We put our muskets under our head. We are in ten miles of our enemy, and we don't know what minute we may be called on to fight. You must not write to me until I write to you again. We have caught some six or seven spies round about in the woods, and you may know by that there must be some prospects of having a fight. We are in good spirits yet, but I don't know how long we will stay that way…" and signed by W.E. Terrett; cover reduced at right and separated from back, F.-V.F. and scarce 12-Star flag patriotic stationery. C.S.A. Catalog No. F12-4 var., F12-6 Estimate $500 - 750.
W. E. Terrett was mustered into Capt. E. D. Fontaines Co. of the 18th Regiment Mississippi Volunteers on May 24, 1861 at Corinth, Miss. for 12 months as a private. He survived the battle of First Manassas, July 21, 1861 as his third brigade under D.R. Jones was in defensive positions and not actively engaged, however, in the battle at Leesburg, Va. or Balls Bluff as it is also known on Oct. 21, 1861, W. E. Terrett was one of 36 CSA soldiers killed. His closing statement to his friend Alfred G. Moore that "I remain your friend until death and one day day more" proved prophetic.
Realized: $625