Archive Record
Metadata
Accession number |
2000.180 |
Catalog Number |
2000.180 |
Collection |
Pearce Civil War Collection |
Object Name |
Letter |
Title |
Fales (John) Papers, 1861 |
Creator |
Fales, John |
Date |
July 23, 1861 |
Dates of Creation |
July 23, 1861 |
Scope & Content |
Fales wrote the letter to his sister on July 23, 1861, two days after First Bull Run. In the letter Fales describes how the Union soldiers pushed the Confederates back but were repulsed and the subsequent "run" back to Washington D.C. 30 miles away. " We drove the rebels over 3 miles like sheep before us & they had a large battery hid so when we got rite close to it they opened rite into us as fast as they could fire the balls came whislting through our ranks like hail so that we had to retreat as fast as we could after we had gone a mile or so we were surrounded... it was now sundown & we had to go 30 miles that night to get hear we got hear yesterday morning I had not slept any for 3 nights till last night." Etching/drawing at top of page, rearing horse with Washington. |
Finding Aids |
Availabe in the archives or online at www.pearcecollections.us |
People |
Fales, John |
Search Terms |
Battle of First Bull Run / First Manassas |
Credit line |
Pearc Civil War Collection |
Copyrights |
The copyright of these materials is managed by the Navarro College Archives on behalf of the Navarro College Foundation, 3100 W. Collin St., Corsicana, Texas 75110 Phone: 903-875-7438. Internet: archives@navarrocollege.edu. Reproductions of original materials and transcriptions may be available. Please contact the archivist for further information. |
Physical characteristics |
1 item |