HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER SEEKING ADVICE AND PHILOSOPHIZING ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR, ENLISTMENT AND INTIMATE FAMILY MATTERS

ALS with one name only (Hough?) letter dated 8/9/62, Essex, Ct., 4 pages, 4to. Writes to his brother Will (William C. Ives, Washington DC), Co. K, 10th Reg. R.I.V. "Should I enlist for 3 years, wait to be drafted for 9 months, or buy a substitute, etc." Comes with postmarked stamped (pink 3 cent) cover [ink notes on cover]. Overall in very good shape save for some tears at the folds amd the odd rust spot.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; CIVIL WAR, AMERICANA, CONFEDERATE, UNION, CONNECTICUT, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, DIARY, JOURNAL, DIARIES, ; Signed by Autograph