[ Autographs ] CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN BROWN An interesting Union soldier's correspondence comprising 11 letters, over 40pp. total, all multipaged. Eight are war-dated letters written by John Brown of the 4th Mass. Infantry, and another 3 are written to John from his friend and fellow soldier Henry L. Ewell, attached to BatteryD. 1st first N. Y. Artillery. Most of Brown's letters are written fromthe vicinity of New Orleans and Brazier City, La., and contain interesting content, in part: "...Having just returned from a battle near Franklin...there are quite a number of wounded here, some of themrebs, and our side has taken prisoners, over 1500...there was a steamer loaded with rebel soldiers (prisoners) come down from Franklinyesterday...when they got to the wharf there was quite a number of Negros cursing them for, as they said, killing their men...Sunday Apr.12...into a cane field...where we had to form in line of battle... could hear firing of musketry...Gen. Banks & staff passed by us...one of his body guard shot by a rebel cavalry...George G. Harding of SouthAbington picked him up...formed in line across the field...Weitzel's Brigade formed in front of us...3 o'clock...the cannonading commenced in earnest. We were all standing up with the Stars and Stripes...it was a grand sight...That night we fell back...The battle commenced at 7 o'clock Monday morning. We had it pretty hard that day....The 38th was ordered to the other side of the Bayou...Many of them got shot... Col. Tower got wounded in the head...Weitzel's Brigade with the smoke of battle around them...our gunboat the Calhoun was giving it to them..Brasier City, Apr. 29, 1863...There are any quantity of prisoners coming down from the main army every day...it is real sport on some ofthe moonlight nights to see some of the Negroes dance to the sound of a banjo...They dance very well I assure you...ah, but Banks gives themfits. I saw him yesterday...he has gone to New Orleans.. May 5...a detail made to carry dispatches to Com. Farragut on the Red River... 100 infantry and 2 pieces of the 12th Mass. Battery...we went on boarda steamer named the gunboat Connie...took her from the rebels about 2 weeks ago, they used her for carrying provisions from Franklin up to Vicksburg...". The three letters by his friend, of the 1st N. Y. Artillery, are also interesting and include a self portrait of the writer "recruiting" a pig at the point of a bayonet! All letters are well written, legible, and in very good condition.