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- Buck Lawler on 26 March 1865: “We had a small fight at Petersburg yesterday”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Buck Lawler on 24 March 1865: “No matter if our country goes down tomorrow Lees name will stand first upon the pinnacle of fame, as the greatest of commanders living or dead.”
- Todd Kesselring on 22 March 1865: “I have just returned safe & sound from an expedition to Bentonville against Sherman”
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11 February 1864: “…should my life be spared through this war, I should so much like to have a little daughter to cheer our home.”
Item Description: Letter dated 11 February 1864, from Samuel J. C. Moore to his wife, Ellen, describing a skirmish at Morton’s Ford on the Rapidan River. Samuel J. C. Moore, lawyer and planter of Berryville, Clarke County, Va., was an … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, African American soldiers, negroes, Rapidan River, Samuel J. C. Moore, Virginia, yankees
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