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ALS from KIA Captain Clinton M. Andrews of the 2nd North Carolina Cavalry. Datelined Camp Sans Souci near Washington, N.C., 18 January 1862, a destraught Andrews writes home over the tragic death of his horse. In part: "".I am seated to relate to you, whom I always found a true friend, my troubles. In the 1st place, Fredell is dead. My favorite horse is gone. He fell dead this morning. I will give you the particulars. For a long time, in fact ever since I first bought the horse from you his hair & spirits showed that something was not right. I had worked with him a great deal & got Mr. Gill and others to try to do something for him. He just got worse and worse. Some days ago he got down & was quite sick for several hours. I gave him medicine for the botts. He got better & began to eat again. Yesterday he got bad off again & we gave him medicine.This morning I gave him medicine for the botts, but it seemed to do him no good. He got worse & worse. I had him raked & that seemed to ease him a little. In these minutes after the raking he began to sweat & the water just ran off of him. In ten minutes more, he began to appear dizzy & my servant who was holding him, let him go. He started & went into a tent sideways, staggering & fell & rolled completely over as if wallowing & died in one minute. I had him hauled off & Mr. Gill had him opened. He was killed by the botts. Through the chief artery about 6 inches & on for one foot & a half there were 7 holes eaten through & his maugh was badly eaten. The large artery being eaten through surpirsed us all very much & the blood was all out inside his body. How he lived as long as he did is a wonder to me. He was the most completely used up animal I ever saw. The holes through the artery let all the blood into his bowel & that coused him to become giddy & stagger & fall, I suppose. We did not find many botts in him & I cannot imagine what became of them. All together it was a most violent case of botts & they have been working him for months. Poor horse is dead.The saddle was paid for by myself when I first left Statesville.I am out of a horse now & do not know where to buy one, even if I could get the money. the fact is I am too low in the spirits to write.If you can hear of a fine horse I will be glad to get him. I can raise the money I think in a month or so."" Andrews enlisted on 21 June 1861 and was killed in action leading his men against Federal cavalry raiding behind Confederate lines during the Petersburg campaign on 23 June 1864. The 2nd North Carolina Cavalry saw action at New Bern, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Gettysburg, Todd's Tavern and Hanover Courthouse. Ink letter measures 7.5"" x 9.5"" and runs 2pp. Accompanied by cover. Separation to center fold, otherwise excellent condition.
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