Summary
ALS
4 pp.
March 4, 1862
Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout,
March 4, 1862
WFB, Winchester, to “Dear Kate,” Lacy Springs, Rockbridge
County, w/envelope: the regiment has left Camp Zollicoffer and government
property is being moved to Strasburg; he has enlisted as a regular for the war's
duration and looks for God's protection for “he is able to save in the
darkest hours of peril”; regrets her brother did not reenlist [two
Armentrout brothers served with the 5th Virginia during the war: Jacob and John]
