Praising The Lord For Surviving The Battle of Brandy Station

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A rare war-date Union cavalryman's letter written by Corp. George T. Crawford, Troop C, 5th U.S. Cavalry, 2p. quarto, Camp near Catlett's Station, Virginia, June 12, 1863, and reads in part: "…I cannot write much more as I am very tired. We have just returned from a very severe battle, and I ask you to join in praise to the giver of all good things, that I am spared. Our regiment lost forty in killed and wounded…" VG. Crawford served throughout the war in the 5th and was killed during a bitter skirmish with rebel cavalry at Manassas Gap on July 21, 1863.

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