Summary
ALS
4 pp.
September 22, 1864
Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout,
September 22, 1864
WFB, “In Line of Battle at Fishers Hill,” to “Dear
Kate”: describes the battle of Fishers Hill; “we ware badly
whipped”; death of Major General Robert Emmett Rodes [1829-1864],
William Plunkett [1844-1879] wounded, Colonel John Henry Stover Funk [1837-1864]
mortally wounded, Captain James W. Newton [1838-1896] seriously wounded in leg,
Captain James Bumgardner, Jr. [1835-1917] “killed”
[captured]
