Monday, August 8, 2022

William Preston Smith to A. P Shutt, November 26, 1859—12:45 p.m.

Baltimore, Nov. 26th, 1859–12.45 P. M.
A. P. Shutt, Harper's Ferry:

About one hundred men, from Richmond, go to Ferry on Express this P. M, and a corps will leave Wheeling on Express today, for Charlestown, via Ferry. Are you likely to have fight to-night or to-morrow?

W. P. SMITH.

SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 52

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