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Showing posts with label Battle of Chantilly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Chantilly. Show all posts
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, September 3, 1862

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Ox Hill, Va.,           September 3, 1862. I was in the battle at Manassas and made several very narrow escapes. I had to go on the field ...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, September 12, 1862

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Norwich, Conn. September 12th, 1862. My own dear Son: You see I am following out my resolution to write you every day, although I h...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Horace Barnard, September 10, 1862

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Norwich , Sept. 10th, 1862. Dear Horace: I received your letter on Sunday morning. I am satisfied that you will manage the business i...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, September 9, 1862

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Norwich, Conn. September 9th, 1862. My own dear Son: I am half sick, very sad, grieved, and troubled on your account, yet very than...
Saturday, October 7, 2017

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, September 4, 1862

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Headquarters 1st Div. Reno's Command, Near Alexandria , Sept. 4th, 1862. Dear Mother: Once more, after a lapse of nearly five w...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Major Wilder Dwight: September 5, 1862

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camp Near TennallytowN, Maryland , September 5, 1862. I wrote you a hasty scrawl in my hurried visit to Washington, just to assure you ...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, October 15, 1862

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General Dix came to see me in relation to the blockade of Norfolk. Says Admiral Lee is extremely rigid, allows no traffic; that the people ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, September 14, 1862

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I have been so busy making Lieutenant Bourge's shirt that I have not had time to write, besides having very little to write about. So m...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: September 4, 1862

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Our victory at Manassas complete; the fight lasted four days. General Kearney was killed in a cavalry fight at Chantilly. Beautiful Chantil...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, September 3, 1862

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ARLINGTON HOUSE, VA., September 3, 1862. We arrived here this morning. Everything now is changed; McClellan's star is again in the ...