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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 15 (search)
ead-dress and tassel on my head. I give you a copy of two or three of the documents found in the camp. The following was found on a table, in one of the cabins: Col. Spears: We fought you bravely, and desperately but misguidedly. We leave here under pressing circumstances, but do not feel that we are whipped. We will yet succeed, and---- Here the circumstances became so pressing, that the writer did not wait to finish the epistle. Col. Spears supposes the writer to be Major John W. Bridgman, of the Tennessee cavalry. The following was written on a piece of brown paper, with a pencil: Jan. 19, 1861. Fishing Creek. The great battle, at Fishing Creek, took place. Our loss was great; supposed to be eight hundred killed and wounded, and a great many taken prisoners. We will try them again at our breast-work, if they come to us. At the bottom of this paper, upside down, is a name I cannot make out, and then Polasky. Here is another paper, which is evident