THE ESTATE OF DR. RONALD TERHUNE ABSOLUTE AUCTION
Lot 223:
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(1) Rare Confederate field document from Corinth, Mississippi. Reads, “To the Ordnance Office at Memphis Tenn. Have you received requisitions for ordnance & ordnance Stores for Major Baskeville’s Cavalry, if so where is the ammunition: Answer quickly R. M. Hooe Capt. & A. A. G. Corinth March 13th.” The discussed ordnance would have been used for The Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 or the Siege of Corinth, April 29-May 30th, 1862. (1) Period copy of the Confederate Nitre & Mining Bureau Order #14, Richmond, Virginia February 3rd, 1863. (1) 1864 Confederate quartermaster’s department invoice. (1) Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America for an individual named Andrew J. Guinn of Madison County, Tennessee, 2nd of October 1863. The oath was taken at Union City, Tennessee by John T. Young Captain and Probate Marshall. (1) Pre-Civil War letter to a father stating his son is in the hospital on his deathbed. (1) 1869 Memphis Doctor’s Medical Bill and Letter, Huntsville, Alabama. Concerns Yellow fever. Condition- Various with some stains, wear, and discolorations. See photos.
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