[29 March 1862]
My dear Jennie
Billy can tell you where
I am. we had a fight yester
day evening across the River
I cant tell how long we
will be here but when we
leave will fall back in
the direction of Orange & will
have to fight our way as
we go. I dont know the strength
of the enimy [sic]. I send Billy for
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my horse. Start him back
imediately [sic] I am almost
a foot.
Affectionately
ETH Warren
Though this letter [note] is undated, it has been dated by content. Warren noted “we had a fight yesterday evening”. This fight occurred on 28 March 1862. A map of this small skirmish is in Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895), plate CV, map 3. Warren described this affair in more detail in his letter of 30 March.
“Billy”, line 1 & 10 – ‘William Rolston, private, Company H, 10th Virginia Infantry.’
‘ETH Warren”, page 2, signature – ‘Edward Tiffin Harrison Warren, Lieutenant-Colonel, 10th Virginia Infantry.’
transcription by John P. Mann, IV
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