885. CIVIL WAR LETTER ON GETTYSBURG WOUNDED A great war-date Union soldier's letter, 3pp. 8vo., written in ink by Corp. George Gatesman, Co. E, 111th New York Vols., McDougall General Hospital, Fort Schuyler, New York, Sept. 13, 1863 addressed to former comrade Ira Sebring concerning his Gettysburg wound. After scribing a letter to Sebring for Daniel Dunlap who could not write, he adds: "...Ira I was writing a few lines for Daniel Dunlap and so I thought I would write to you too...I was wounded in my thigh at the battle of Gettysburg, well my wound was almost heeled up 5 weeks ago, but it broke out again...I had a very hard time of it. I have laid in my bed for the last 4 weeks, but am getting better now. I can't stand on it yet, but I can walk around on wooden legs. It seems to me that lead has a very good effect on me..." For Dunlap Gatesman he wrote, in part: "Well Ira I heard that you are at home and got your discharge...I don't get along very well; I am not able to do anything...I am not well enough to sit up all day...I thank the Lord that I am...spared yet..." No doubt, Gatesman was wounded during Pickett's Charge on July 3, but after recovering from his wound he was killed in action during the battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864. Gatesman's phonetic spelling has been corrected. Very good. $600-800