Bell, Grove L. to home friends
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08913.01 Author/Creator: Bell, Grove L. Place Written: Sandy Hook, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 August 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 19.8 x 25.2 cm. Order a Copy
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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