Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863 to Almira Winchell

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GLC#
GLC04706.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
29 October 1863
Author/Creator
Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863
Title
to Almira Winchell
Place Written
Warrenton, Virginia
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Describes hard marching between Culpepper and Centreville, and crossing the old Bull Run Battlefield where the skeletons of those killed were visible. Writes, "[L]ast week we Crossed the old bull run battle Field and we could See lots of Skeletons of men killed there a year ago and were left on top... if I were home and See that I would think it an awful but to See a dead man here, why it haint nothing. I have Seen dead Rebels at the Battle of Antietam lay right in the road and the wheels of the Guns would run over them..."

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