The collection was sold in two lots because of its size. the first lot was expected to go for between $40,00-$60,000 and included commissions, discharges, diaries, photographs, maps and insignia. Included was a diary from 1861-1866 and an original "Consent to the Enlightenment of a Minor."
SECOND LOT: Estimated to bring between $80,000 and $120,000. Consists of letters, most four pages or longer, mailed home during his military service, all in a trunk made in Spain in 1840 for his mother.
On July 30, 1863, after the attack on Fort Wagner, Luis Emilio wrote: "...it is real sad for me to receive letters to boys in my company that are dead and others missing and to have the painful duty to redirect them to their friends at home."
--Old Secesh
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