Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902 to [Norman R. Dewey]

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GLC#
GLC02161.042-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 August 1862
Author/Creator
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
Title
to [Norman R. Dewey]
Place Written
Harrison's Landing, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.9 cm, Width: 13.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The Rebels attacked the night before and he describes how the sky lit up because of the flash of the artillery. His theory as to why is that the attack drew their gunboats out, thus allowing the Rebels to follow them.

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