Irish Brigade Letter on the Bristoe Campaign

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War-date Union soldier Autograph Letter Signed by William Smith, 116th Pennsylvania, Irish Brigade, 7pp. octavo, Headquarters near Turkey Run, October 29, 1863, and reads in part: “...The 2d there was a deserter shot. His name was Adam Small, Co. E, 66th N.Y. Vols....The 12th we went back on the other side of the river again as far as Brandy Station and the cavalry had a fight there. The 6th New York Cavalry made 3 splendid charges on the Rebs there and drove them back...The 14th...we fell back as far as Bristoe Statioin and there we had a big fight ...they tacked us on a flank movement and we drove them off the battle ground and took 6 pieces of artillery and 2 stands of colors and 500 prisoners and we marched all night got to Bull Run battle ground...The 15th today we have been fighting all the time and drove them about 4 miles and our corps lay on the battle ground. The 16th last night the cavalry got in the rear of them and run them for miles. The cavalry got them on an open plain and made a charge on them and cut them all to pieces and took some prisoners...we shot a deserter out of my Regt today his name is James P. Herley of Co. B 116th Regt. P. Vols. He used to be about Guss Tavern as hostler he was shot in the head...” More. Fine condition.

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