[ Autographs ] Union Soldier's Letter Fine content Union soldier's letter, 4pp. 8vo. on patriotic letterhead, Laurel Co., Ky., Oct. 26, 1861 Robert Thomen writes his parents: '...We had the rebels here to whip... we did kill many for I helped to bury eight myself... [they] retreated four times... we think we killed and wounded about 350 We lost four men, two badly wounded... They kill everything they come across and some they killed and cut a piece off and the rest they letlay... we rushed on them double quick... we made it roar for a while from ten til twelve... Ic. S.A. Gen] Zollicoffer said that he did notmind the old cat but her kits for they are so cross..." The Union Kentucky campaign feared a Confederate onslaught and Sherman soon begged for additional men. some toning and a tiny hole in text.