MA KING’S STORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 1908 – EX-COCO COLLECTION

MA KING’S STORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 1908 – EX-COCO COLLECTION

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Sarah Barrett King lived on the east end of Gettysburg at the time of the battle.  On the first day's fighting she and her family were forced to abandon their home and seek shelter with their neighbors, as their house became occupied by Confederates.  In her account, she writes of her stay with her neighbors and some of the exciting and macabre experiences she had while away from the house.

Her July 3rd account begins:

“Friday we were surprised to see Rebs planting a battery in front of the house but some distance away.  I called Mrs. Rhinehart's attention to it and she went out.  A Union shell dropped in their midst and the battery was removed.  They told Mrs. Rhinehart that they thought the house was unoccupied and that we had better leave.  Minnie balls were falling around and against the house and they said the Union men would think sharpshooters were in it and direct their guns to the house.”

Her published account encompasses 16 pages in all, with a half-sized introductory page reading “Twenty-five copies of this booklet have been printed.  This copy is No. 2 with signature of writer. It is then signed “S B King / Dec 17 1908” and further signed “Mary King McClean” across the top. The first page’s fleur-de-lis pattern is hand-colored in red, green, and gold.  The heavy paper cover shows some wear along the edges. The single cord binding is complete, with minor separation of pages at the spine close to the edges.  In all, the condition is quite good for a low-cost printing of this age.

This is an exceptionally rare piece of civilian and early Gettysburg history.  [cm][ph:L]

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