![Autograph Letter, Signed, from Wilkes Slocum to His Mother Describing the Battle of Vera Cruz]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2338.JPG?v=1654814851)
Camp near Vera Cruz: March 29, 1847. [2]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, minor wear to address leaf. A brief letter written by American soldier Wilkes Slocum to his mother back home during the Mexican-American War, describing his current naval assignment and mentioning the Battle of Vera Cruz..... More
Vera Cruz: March 29, 1847. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, minor soiling and wear. A triumphant letter filled with patriotic fervor, describing the Battle of Veracruz, written by an American soldier to folks back home in Indiana. Writing on March 29th, the day the siege ended, Corporal..... More
Matamoros: May 6, 1847. [3]pp., on a bifolium, addressed on verso of second leaf. Original mailing folds, short closed tear to top edge, minor staining, some discoloration to address leaf. The Mexican-American War was fought in some particularly harsh environments in Texas and throughout Mexico. In the first half of..... More