Bell, Grove L., 1844-1863 to home friends

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GLC#
GLC08913.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
10 August 1862
Author/Creator
Bell, Grove L., 1844-1863
Title
to home friends
Place Written
Sandy Hook, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 25.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Bell to friends. Stationery has a Union stamp of a stars and stripes shield inside a five-pointed white star. On guard duty today. Left Washington on Thursday; arrived in Fredericks City [Fredericksburg?] on Friday. Witnessed heavy fighting with the Confederates. Stonewall Jackson fought McClellan and Burnside. Miles let Stonewall up the mountain, and was accused of treason. "They say old Stonewall is the man… I wish we had a few Generals as wide awake as him. It would not take long to finish the war" then. Is on the move to Harpers Ferry, where John Brown "first commenced his execution."

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