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15 July 1862: “…We have been compelled by the pressure of our enemies to give up more of our mother state to their brutal army.”

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Item description: Letter, 15 July 1862, from Robert W. Parker of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry to his wife, Rebecca Louise Fitzhugh Walker Parker, at home in Bedford County, Va. Parker wrote of his company’s retreat from Culpeper to Rapidan Station, … Continue reading →

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