“ ... it isn't safe for just a few to go through from Cumberland Gap on account of the bushwhackers ...”

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Feb 28, 2026

Set Reminder 2026-02-28 10:00:00 2026-02-28 10:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Raynors Spring Americana Auction - Feb 28 Part1 https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/raynors-historical-auctions/raynors-spring-americana-auction---feb-28-part1-22414
Fascinating Americana Auction offering item in all periods of American history., from colonial through WWII. The items are offered as Autographs, Broadsides, Civil Wat Relics, Civil War Diaries, Confederate items. Political, Presidential, 20th Century Israel, Early Sports. Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions bob@hcaauctions.com

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  Confederate soldier’s 2pp letter, written by John W. Cotton of the Alabama 5th Cavalry, Datelined; Tennessee Camp Convalescents, Near Knoxville, October 9, 1862. In part, “I don't know yet when I will leave here. The adjutant talked yesterday of sending off about 100 men today or tomorrow and sending me with them but there is a good many of them that they had started coming back, not being able to make the march to their companies so they talk of not starting us yet awhile. I don't know when I will leave here. ... They say they don't know where the cavalry is now but they are all gone to Kentucky. They say that it isn't safe for just a few to go through from Cumberland Gap on account of the bushwhackers so I shan't undertake to go to my Company without a right smart squad of men unless the officers force me. ...”
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