OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Letter from Lt. Col. Robert McAllister, 1st New Jersey Infantry, to his friend.
Tag: Civil War
The Battle of Bull Run
165 YEARS AGO: The battle that many hoped would end the war takes place in northern Virginia near a stream named Bull Run.
From Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: Letter from Maj. Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island, to his wife.
The Battle of Rich Mountain
OTD 165 YEARS AGO: A detachment of George B. McClellan’s Federal army attacks an isolated portion of Robert S. Garnett’s Confederate army near Beverly in northwestern Virginia.
From Thomas Lightfoot, 6th Alabama
Letter from 2nd Lt. Thomas Lightfoot, 6th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, to his cousin.
From William B. Darst, 21st Virginia
Letter from William B. Darst, 21st Virginia Volunteer Infantry, to his mother.