| | 1 | Author: | Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William Francis | Add | | | Title: | Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to
Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1864 September 25  | | | | Published: | 2000 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | As I had no chance to send my letter since I wrote it I thought I
would brake it oben & write a few
more lines. The Enimy attacked us soon after
I had finished it & I have had no chance to send it since My health is still good. but I am very tired The enemy maſsed thare
troops in front of the left wing of one army & succeeded in
diving it back & in very bad order some of the enimies
cav. had got in our rear. nothing but night saved our army. We lost ten or twelve
peaces of artilery
& a good many
prisaners J.H. Hight
Tho, Smith &
Wm Holbert have not come up yet.
Im
fearfull they are taken
thay may have made thare escape to the Mt.
Wm Hieger is still out but
think will come in yet as he was on the mountain garding the signal corps
Yesterday we had to retreat twelve
miles in line of battle. Then when night came on we marched some
twelve miles towards the Mountain on the Keezletown road starting early the
morning fell back to Browns Gap. The alley
seems alm
ost to be at the mercy of the eni
my I hope we may soon be reiforced &
drive them down the Valley double quick. I hope this
may reach you before the mail route gets blockaded I will soon have to quite
writing soon as it is getting so darck I
can not see & have three days rations to cook before I can lay
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