S.C. Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Stop Sale Of Civil War Letters Friday December 15, 2006 6:40pm ___  ABC News 4 Interact  ___    • Signup for eNews Alerts    • Whats Your Opinion?    • Printable Version    • E-Mail This Story Columbia, SC (AP) - South Carolina's attorney general has asked the US Supreme Court to block the sale of more than 440 Civil War-era letters.     The collection of original letters include correspondence from General Robert E- Lee and apparently were gathered by Confederate Major General Evander McIver Law during the 1865 attack on the South Carolina capital by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.     Law was the great-great-uncle of Thomas Willcox of Seabrook Island who sought in 2004 to sell the letters, valued at two-point-four million dollars.     The state sued to block the sale. In October, a three-judge panel of the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's ruling that Willcox owns the letters.     Attorney General Henry McMaster asked the US Supreme Court this week to stay the ruling to make sure the letters are not sold while the state appeals the Fourth Circuit ruling. » Find More Articles Related To This One Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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