Autograph letter signed "G. T. Beauregard" to the Confederate Agent for the Caribbean, Col. Charles J. Helm, thanking him for the donation of wool socks.
Charleston, 28 January 1863. 1 p., Head Quarters Department of South Carolina, Geogria & Florida stationery (250 x 204 mm). Endorsed on verso by Helm. Condition: minor foxing and light toning. a cordial letter to Col. Charles J. Helm in Havana, Cuba sending thanks to a Miss Newcomb for her donation of wool socks to the Confederate Army commenting of deprivations that Southern troops had to endure during the winter. He writes: "Permit me to thank you, & through you Miss Phebe M. Newcombe for the woolen socks she has been kind enough to make & to send for our gallant soldiers now battling manfully for our rights & our Independence regardless of the snows of Virginia & Tennessee, alltho' in many instances shoeless & without blankets! I shall send the package of socks received to the Washington Art'y of New Orleans, which has such good service in many a glorious field since the war commenced -- its members are now exiles from their homes & can no longer receive those comforts they stand so much in need of…" Helm (1817 1868), a Kentucky native, was U.S. consul general in Cuba until 1861, when he resigned and became a special agent of the Confederacy in the West Indies. On the verso of the letter, Helm writes, "For Miss Newcomb, with the Compliments of Mr. Helm."
Autograph letter signed "G. T. Beauregard" to the Confederate Agent for the Caribbean, Col. Charles J. Helm, thanking him for the donation of wool socks.
Charleston, 28 January 1863. 1 p., Head Quarters Department of South Carolina, Geogria & Florida stationery (250 x 204 mm). Endorsed on verso by Helm. Condition: minor foxing and light toning. a cordial letter to Col. Charles J. Helm in Havana, Cuba sending thanks to a Miss Newcomb for her donation of wool socks to the Confederate Army commenting of deprivations that Southern troops had to endure during the winter. He writes: "Permit me to thank you, & through you Miss Phebe M. Newcombe for the woolen socks she has been kind enough to make & to send for our gallant soldiers now battling manfully for our rights & our Independence regardless of the snows of Virginia & Tennessee, alltho' in many instances shoeless & without blankets! I shall send the package of socks received to the Washington Art'y of New Orleans, which has such good service in many a glorious field since the war commenced -- its members are now exiles from their homes & can no longer receive those comforts they stand so much in need of…" Helm (1817 1868), a Kentucky native, was U.S. consul general in Cuba until 1861, when he resigned and became a special agent of the Confederacy in the West Indies. On the verso of the letter, Helm writes, "For Miss Newcomb, with the Compliments of Mr. Helm."
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