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The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], $25 reward (search)
A gallant youth. Among the prisoners taken at Kernstown, was Geo. H. Burwell, a youth of fifteen years, and of Nathaniel Burwell, of Clarke county. He was a member of Capt. Wm. M. Nelson's company of riflemen, and fought gallantly at the battle of Manassas, where he had the good fortune to escape unharmed, after capturing a Yankee officer. In the battle of Kernstown he was less fortunate, and was captured himself. He is a most gallant youth, and is a fair specimen of the spirits which compose the "Stonewall" Brigade.--We give his own account of his participation in the recent fight. The letter is written to his mother: -- Baltimore Jail, March 27th, 1862. My Dear Mother: I will write a few lines to tell you where I am, and how. I am now a prisoner of war in the Baltimore jail. I was taken near Winchester, on the battle field. March directly after the battle. I had nothing to defend myself with. I shot every cartridge I had at them. On the retreat I think