| | 1 | Author: | Brand, William F. | Add | | | Title: | William F. Brand to Kate Armentrout, May 25, 1861  | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | It is with pleasure to me, that I am permitted to write
you a fiew lines I recieved
your much welcomed letter a fiew days since and have
taken this highly favored opportunity of writing. My health is very good as well
as your Brothers and I hope when theese
fiew lines comes to hand that you may be enjoying the
same blessing with all other earthly enjoyments. Thare
are from fifteen to twenty thousand Soldiers hear at
present thare was some rumers
hear last night that the federal troops had taken posession of Alexandria thare was a secession flag thare & one
secessionist stood by it & said the first man that attempted to take it
down he would kill & one of the officers of the federal troops walked up
to it and took hold of it and was shot down in his tracks put the secessionist suffered the same fate he was shot down &
cut to pieases he well knew what would be his fate,
put his love to the new
confederacy was sweeter than death. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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