[Autograph Letter, Signed, from Wilkes Slocum to His Mother Describing the Battle of Vera Cruz]
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