111TH N.Y. KIA SOLDIER'S CORRESPONDENCE Fine grouping of ten letters written by Pvt. Andrew J. Leighton of the 111th N.Y.I. To his sister Chloe, 32pp. 4to. and 8vo., Oct. 24, 1862 to Mar. 15, 1864, all written from Virginia, all but two letters in pencil. In small part: "...the boys are getting sick all around us, there was one died yesterday...I get up at five o'clock in the morning and go to work on the breast-works...work until dusk...Henry Brown is wounded...I am still in the land of the living...he filled my teeth for me...he charged me three dollars to fill them...I should like to get a furlough to come home but a man can get to his grave before he can get a furlough here...we have had some hard marching lately...If I ever live to get through this I shall be a different man...the mud is froze up now and it is a good thing for us before it froze we had wet feet all the time...we are getting used to soldiering so it does not seem so rough to live on poor or rather course [food]. We have long forgot about pie and cake, pancakes and most everything except bread and coffee...we are under orders to march at a moment's notice...the talk is that the rebs are trying to cross the river below here. Our cavalry are out on a raid, they are going today and going to Richmond before they come back...I came from picket last night after being out four days...now is the time that tries men's courage, now is the time to see who can face death and not move a muscle...". Overall very good. The hard-fighting 111th N.Y. fought with distinction at Gettysburg and the Wilderness, where the prophetic Private Leighton lost his life on May 5, 1864. $700-900