Bidspirit auction | COWAN, HADDASSAH. Autograph Letter Signed

COWAN, HADDASSAH. Autograph Letter Signed written by Captain Edward B. Corruth with an invitation to Hadassah for a ride the next morning. Verso: “Miss Haddassah Cowan / At Home.” Folds with one clean separation. 12mo. Camp Stonewall, near Shelbyville, Tennessee, 8th May, 1863 Hadassah Cowan was born in Londonderry, Ireland. She had relatives named Hannah, Leah and Rebecca, adding credence to the possibility that she might well have been Jewish. Captain Edward B. Corruth served in the 7th Mississippi Infantry. Haddassah would marry another man, James Clayton.