15th Illinois Cavalry Civil War Letters And Note Notes Sharps Rifles Amos Kibbee

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15th Illinois Cavalry Civil War Letter And Note Amos Kibbee. Condition is "Used".
1st Letter is written on December 13th Friday (1861) by Amos Kibbee to Hattie Tuttle. He writes that he has two minutes to spare before going to town. He is also sending his likeness in a separate envelope. He will be sending a long letter inside the likeness box. Yesterday they had a Grand preparatory parade of all the troops in Cario. Tomorrow an inspection by General Halleck. The cavalry parade is splendid.
2nd letter is undated. He promises to Hattie to be “real good” and not Spunky. He writes he used to tease her. She was a wee little girl with a red flannel dress and pantalettes, hair braided something like Chinese. He believes two braids instead of one. He writes she was a wild lassie.
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He had been a tall girl of ten under an apple tree scampered around behind the house. She had grown into a tall dignified schoolmarm of many years experience. He is a wandering lonely old bachelor. A pebble in the wall against which treason is lashing its furious waves.
Note 1 - He writes that the arms are in the wrong position in the picture and he was unable to change them with any degree of advantage. The large pistols are large holster type and look at arkward in the belt. The carbine is one of the most effective weapons in the army being capable of doing execution at 1,000 yards or farther. One of men killed a hog across the river. They are Sharps improved carbines. The pistols are Colt repeater. They have a 10 inch barrel and will kill a man at 100 yards.
Note 2 - he now weighs about 180 lbs. he knows his beard disfigured his face but makes no excuses for not shaving. The new cousin he would much like to see and get acquainted. Although he has seen her likeness he has forgotten how she looks.
All 4 items are transcribed. Letters are signed but notes are not.