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1865April'I \inderetan4 Jeff Da:vllo 8l'l! most of hi:! 8l"1f r'ta -tfo f()r lP..nl'n'ille •the other ~rt for I,inc~,bur"" T 1lt'\101 r. Ashcroft t l'taJ' who w'" t with~pn~r"l r"-don 't' kichaond ten't b • .cora las't. "ll;' Raid he rode behinil'eff Da... l!'a horl:le~ and wl't~, Othll'l'(" had an introduction to General R,'.lee, Sa~ s ur Iller: hI''''' Rl"b I'TUtl:,\.r,. 1n 'lo"'Y nr; ° '10 1" ..~ the' ca~l t"'ar~"'J tloye: J\leo t";<j * .• 1,~~_ 1t=.t a t ~! e ...&Orll ttl ~ out r Jeff's hlUlds!
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Cover above was mailed at lIavana,CubaAprilI7,1899.It bears the censor of a Lieutenant of the famed 7thcavalry.The stamp is from the 1898 issue,overprlntedfor use from Cuba - CUBA/2!:1 c/de PESO. It was used andsold as a 2 cent st(OIlIP, Cover below bears the fivecent stamp of the 1896 issue on a Censored Priaoner ofwar Letter via the Navy to Spain - July 29.1898.
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GO,," vaa the largeat at the HARIANA ISLANDS. located in the Pacific OCean,about 1500.i Ie, east of the Phil ippines. I t vas captured by the U. S. Navy,foiloying the Battle of Manila Bay,on June 20.1898.GUAMvas ceded to theU.S. at the treaty of Paris on Dec.lO,1898.The other 14 Islands vere retained by Spain and later SOld to Gerlllany.The poat office vaa operated byNavy personal from July 7, 1899.ul\tilMarch 28, 1901 ,vhen they vere replaced by the U.S. Postal Service. up to this tille U.S.atllllps of the 1898 issuewere overprinted GUAM and used by the Navy until the U.S.postal agent arrived.After that date regular U.S.stamps vere supplied,although the o.verprints relllained in use for several years.
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Cover shovn bellrs 2 copies of the U.S. illsue ot 1898 overprinted GUAM,tiedby a dark violet oval of dotB vith star to a registered covervith a slIlalllIlatching postlllark, "MARIANAS 17 AUC~ and boxed "CERTIF~ NO 6 D.2078, to"Aue, Saxony ,Gerlllany" ,6hoving Gerlllan transi t regl ster l"ble ~VOIll Auslandeuber Altlllunsterol-Hulhausen (EIs)/EingeBchrieben". On reverBe a red"HIL.Sta.No.l Philipplna IsIs,RECISTERED,SEP 14 1999~, the transit markof ~HONG KONG SP 17 99" and the arrival postmark of ~AUE 21 1099" .Thia isthe first U.S.mail frail Gua. and beara the usage of the Spanish postlllllrkcaptured by the U.S.Navy,in use Augu't to October 1899.Probably the earl_iest registered cover out of U.S.GUAM.
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REMI!:KllI':R TilE MAINE - TO HELL WITH SPAIN!
Cover above was ..ailed at Havana,CubaApril17,1899.It bears the censor ot a Lieutenant ot the la ..ed 7thcavalry.The stamp IS trom the 1898 Issue,overprintedtor use trom Cuba - CUBA/2\ c/de PESO. It lias used andsold as a 2 cent stamp. Cover below bears the (i vecent stamp of the 1898 issue On a Censored Prisoner ofW"r Letter vi" the N"vy to Spiltn - July 29, 1898.
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u.s. Scar. Shark,My Beloved WHe, Naplee, July 5,1836.
I send, you a long letter which I wrote at Leghorn. I 8.111 afraid to
read it over tor I know I should tear it up it I did and that would seemtoo much like labor lost. I have written you since whil. on a tranetientviait on board the Adame at Civite Vecehia (1). I, have just received 8. •
bag ot letters among which was two troa you and ay heart heat .e I openedthea in hopes or hearing about your confinement,but they wore Dot Havreletters nor or 88 late a date .e tho.e wbich I received at Leghorn, oneof thea was a melancholy February 19th letter. the other April 26th forwarded by the LyceulIl, MJ' dear Sa.rab I frequently think or our dear boy andal.ays 88dly but I llaTe neTer grined for hia apat1ently or Without afeeling of perfect resignation to the .ill of the Ala1ghty. It is a lightcloud darkening for a lIlo.ent a .orldly proepect but tbe sun shinea throughit all. We have received letters from the Department ackno.ledging thereceipt of ., allotlllent ticket, thia ne.s relieTes MY mind as it .aa onlynecessary for one to arriTe and if Henry wrote to the Auditor as he proposed to do the affair lIluet have been arranged a long t1llle ago. I aent atriplicate not that I think it necessary but to sho. you that I haTe Dotleft even a chance untried. Oue of the Lieuts. of the AdaIIls haa got leaveof absence and if Com. Elliot 1s insistent I shall be relieTed frolll theShark, particularly as the 2nd Lt. is lIlY friend and has generously declaredthat he .ill not object to lIlY coming on board on the leTel of ., rank.I amsenoir to ha. I shall endeaTor to =-xe sOllie arrangelllent which will nottry his friendsbip so far. In all cases, be satisfied., health is perfectlyrestored since the warlll weather and I bave every hope of getting a acrecomfortable berth soon. I hope you did Dot neglect to beg Mrs. 'otten towrite by the Havre packet with regard.to your health, there is no other good.ay of writing in the sWUler except by • vessal of .ar co.ing directly out.Wa expect the United Statee daily. The Fourth Auditor has treated lIle shabbily; .111 not allow MY eea pay to co~ence nntil the day on .hich I reported!lYself on board the .Poto_c though I was on duty within three .eao orlittle 1Il0re of the t1llle that all the others .ere and they receive tbeirpay trom tbe day thet reported the.selves to COlli. Elliot at Ne. York. He
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"15th August 1880. My dear Mother. Last monday I >lent to Lima in the11 oclock train and returned at 2 P.M. While there I hal! Py picturetaken,m.. oe a rev purchases and arranged for a trip over the Oroya R.Road for tuesday. the compilny furnishin<;, us trilnsportation griltus. Thenext morn i ng Io'e h"d our cot tee lInd "glis at 5: 30 and ler t the sh I" at 6.The "j,"avorite" a regul~r 10coL1otive in tllnlture .ith the tend"r turnedinto a crystal cab \lhich Io'ill seilt 10 persons cilme dmm to Callao and at7 >Ie start.At Lima "'e are reintorced by3 otficers and an ARlerlciln gent_le",,,n • Mrr Scoti"ld ....ho acte", as guide, th~s gave us a party of 9 - at 7: 30"." are ott. To Santa Clara the road run'l through a rich valley - the vaterbeing of the Rimac river being used foro irrigation, here is;; larose sugar",ill ana a jllantation Of 20.000 acrcs.At Chosica is a very nice hotel\lith an ,'",erican lilnc.lord.i1 c.ecided change has taken place In the clJl:latethou!jh only 2800 feet above the sea. the pist and moisture of Lima has~iven\l"y to blue sky and lovely tempcratu["c.a cup of cot fee i1nd chat vithso",,, of the boarder" and "HI are off again. Cocachacra is an Indian tOlm notdirectl.,. on the line at the road and "e dOnOt stop. San Bartolome Is at thesame character the station being about 2 miles from the tO\ln,here \Ie turnour ~n!Oine arouncl and .our hard clitlbing realy begins; in this locality"bout 7000 ;::>ersons died during the construction at the road trom the Oroya"'ill<1r1al fe""r caused by turning up the no" ground, Eucalyptuc trees ve~e
plilntec! and the trouble at once stopped. Since leilvlng home I have seenseveral plilces I.'here the plantin" of these trees have cntirely el"adlc;;teG.. 11 kinos of r.lalarial troubles,and their introduction at some of our infected points mi;ht prove a great advantage. The road now \linds up the f;ic!cof the ~Iountain and \Ie shoot throu;h tunnel" and around curves sho["te:than anr I have ever gon~ ovor under steatl ~etore, in fact there Is not i:
straight piece of track to be found on this end of the road and the \,l"aderises 4~ feet in every 100 and in twO place 5 teet.The Viaoucto "'\lua "eVer rugds, Su;:>por ted br idge over the wa tel" of Vcr rugos, i" the second high""t bridge in the >lorld.it "a" built by a Baltimore company the ironbeing made at Phoenixville Pen. _ it is 620 teet lon9 and 254 feet high,~.t
this sea"on of the year the river is a unservilble little "treamnot over 2feet "Ide.but in January it becomes a rushing- mOuntain torent.the structure is a masterpiece of Engimeering sklll.Surco is a very pretty Indianto"n located in a rich viii ley a "hart di"tance back from the road and lo3
seen from an elevation t"o hundred feet higher is one of the prettlestv ie"'s on the road. 10: 30 and "'e are a t MOl tucana . 'l"h is is a la rge to"n \II tha good Hotel kept by a Conneticut Yankee >lith a French WOman for a "'Ite,ourride and the pure i1ir at 7768 feet has given Ul; an appetite and cleven of uS(our fngineers and the road Master join in)sit do"n to a breilkfilst that Ihad ordered by telepraph the day before. and of vhlch there \las nothinglef t. \Ie had 7 cour"es. 2 bot tIes of claret and 2 at ~eer, the bi 11 for the\lhole thing amounting to $4.80.considerably cheaper than it >lould havebeen at Haunt Washington the topof ...hich is 1554 feet 10lo'er. At II :45 ...estart again still going up the lllountain by a \linding path till \Ie reilchTambo de Visor Inn of the elevilted "pot)the only Inn I sa\l was a vilter tank.here our assent changes the mountain side is laid out In inClined terracesand the track come together forming a Y with a s\lltch so that you go i1headup one side and baCk up the other,there are 5 of these ¥s to reachChlcla.TheThe to\ln of San Mateo lies in a valley some two hundred teet bela ... the track
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rO:it Office ...as established December 22. H 6.at the tradinll post of GeoCli E.Bart let t. on Wounded Knee creelC. Shannon County. 1n present day Sout!'. Oa1<;ota :;: ~vas the sIte of thlf ."' •••cre of the Big Foot b",nd of SIoux l:'ldlanS by th "t v·.iry un December 29.1890.Geo.Bartlett vas the first poat.aater and a D<Harahall. At the ti-e.Wounded I':nee conalated of only a fev .cattered Indl u-Slfa and the 109 trading po.t.bearinc; the s1;n Over Its door _ POST OFFICE. e
.photo above. The cover ahovn v.s used Dec. 28.1888 _ almost tV(. years to t :laywhen this tragedy ended the thirty years var for the vestern plains,vhich b Janat New Ulm.Hinnesotaand came to a Climax In the screaming and gunfire that wasWounded Knee. The day of the buffalo and the tndian vere passing into history."'JURY MY 1l~:ART AT WOUNOIlO "'NEE" COuld very "'ell be their epitaph on the monn·ument that marks their grave at wounded Knee.
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III 18)) Capt.-lin ~n.)aal.n W. Curk, .. athol! of Virp.m_, who Iw1 lottled ana Md,_. l~u'o"_U on ttle IUi~h Ihore, .,...elI across the )jluh.up~i and c_en_ced .. lIettl_t. lie _de the firat ·cLa:U", erecte<:! the "irlt «bin, broil. tbefiut ,vound, and "-Iud the nrat produce in the cl;lunty. Hi. 1l011relt neil,hlxlrtat tH. tilllll!, upon the 10_ thor., then c lled the -Black Hawk Purc:ha..•• 'Hre atBurlincton and DuBuque. In 183C>, CapUin Clark laid out the town of Buthlo, itbein& the fiett town eelulaely laid out in the county. He .ucceede~ in buildinaup quite vill~le; but there .a• .uch need of flour1na and lu.ber .tIla. and in1836 he erected, near the ~uth of Duck Creek, the fir.t aaw .tll 10 thia part 0'
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your Address, by express, on yesterday t.he Poll Books for the eler.tionheld on the 13th lnst bv the follo.. in/! lo..a ::ioldiers connected ..ith ConSu1ly's Indian expedition - o..tachtlent of 6th Rc~t at For' II.Andall( 2books) Detachllent. of 7t.h Re~t at. Fort Randall ( 2 books J. (".0 1 of 7t.hReg (Sioux City cAvalry) 2 books and Co D. DAkotJI cavalr}· ( 1 hook)These bOQks ..ere p.IIcked in one packar,-e ..ith the hooks io ....ar<le<l hv 'Ir.Leving eo... for SLate troops and the charges paid for ..hich 1 hold theExpress eospany'. receipt_
One poll book for eo. B Oak. cavalry "as ro ....arded b)- the ""IiI b~· thejudge~_ In cospany ,~, Dak. Cav. I found but t ..o Iowa voter~ u theyvoted ..ith ~t.achllent of the 7th At Ft Randall ..here th..y ..e .... sWotionedat that ti.... _
The 2nd \ebrallka caVAlry I round sCAttered rro. O-.:o.1>a City to FtPierre over 450 -tIes in extent and on both sides of the ~ssour1 r1Verand was unable to be present ..ith any eollpany on election day _ .~st ofthe eo.panies "ere on their ..rch hoacward and expected to be able tovote in their respective to..ns
Uo..ever I fu",ished to Haj Rea ..... n in "o_nct ofrisinl!: all the "ollpanies ..here ·tille had not expire,1now at O....ha Citv and I have not. heard fro. hi. butwas properly attended to and the bookA fo ....arded bydirections _
I cannot eloAe this c.,..unieation ..ithout. savin~ so..,thin~ of thedifficu1tics undrr Which I have labored in the perfo~nce of t.hese ddut.ies _ The soldiers "ere scattered in saall dctachaents all the ..avup to Fort Pierre JSO lIiles ff'O. this place, and lIO"It of t.he. on th..llar ...h for this plare t.hf'Our,h A eount.ry which is ~8t.ly A ..ild~rn~R~ in_felllted by roving aq'",,<ls of Indians .ore hostil~ ~ danr:erous t.han rv"rAinc" Sully's /treat battle _ There .... 5 no saf.. t.v in _vin~ out..i<le ofcallp any ..here ex.....pt as proterted hy ..n escort ..hirh eo"lrl not al...,y...be procured ... nd transport.ation eouJ.d not he fumi ..hed by t.he Militarvfor "II they had and MOre too "a8 needed to ..ithdra.. our t .....op" an<1their stor"'s fro. the Indian country to the various points ..herr they Cointo ..int.er '1,.... rt... rA _ I a_ bound to sav that. the oificer.. fun'l "h..<1 ......ith all the facilities in their po..er but these ..ere very in~ffici,·nt. -
'4r. Ed<nonda t.he co.ltd.-doner for the 6th cavalry ..ho loft thi. ... placenearly three .....ekll before the ehletion [, succeeded in reachin~ Fort Pierrohas not. yet been able to returll but. ..ill doubtless arriv.. h .. re ao..eti....this ....ek - U" has had Il&1lny adventures &- ..ill have "10"" hard but truestories to tell. I annex belo....y bill _ .....de out for the full ,HllltllncCfro .. Des ~~ine8- I observed last. year that ot.hers...ho did not ( as I did)deliver t.heir ret.urns in person charged and "ere paid for full JIlilea!:e
In lily o ..n caso s"eh pay",cnt .. ill but little ..orO t.han pay III" fo,· IItOneyactually paid out, not allo..ing even one dollar per day for ti ..o ."lctuallyspent to So"lY nothing of actlUll "eglect of my business_
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Letter reporting the battle of BUENA VISTA by an Illinois soldier to his girlfriend Alma S.Fletcher,under date of "Saltillo March 4th 1647".
"Doubtless dearest you have heard betore this, th.. t "e h .. ve h .. d a great battlenear this place - and perhaps you may feel a little anxious to hear from some of usIIho lIere engaged in it _ You recollect that in my last letter r mentioned the re_port that Santa Ana [General Ant.onio Lopez de Santa Anna) lias near us but that I didnot believe it,nor did I but sure enough - in a few e!ays afterllards he e!ie! co"'e-"came eith an army the size of which !!lade him confident of sucess - Our army had everylIlan 1n it been fit for duty - did not exceed 5000 - 500 at least ,of whomllere in town& SiCk - while Sant.. An.. ' S o"n report at his own st.rengt, made it 21000 - "hilemany at the Mexican prisoners called it 25000 - Our army,under Genl Taylor [zachary)& Wool (Genl.John E. J occupies a position some 8 or 9 miles from here IIhich - thougha strong one - lIould not have enabled him to keep off aN American Army for three hours- The battle commenced in the afternoon of the 22nd of Feby - Santa Ana - betore theCollltnencement Of the battle - had sent into Genl Taylor asking him to surrender & thathe & his men shOuld be "ell treated _ Taylor'S an slier "as that of the Sparten Leinidasat Thermopyl .. - "come & t .. ke us" - Our prisoners say that Sant .. Anna promised themthat they should breakfast in our camp & take dinner in Saltillo - but he lias sadlylIlistaken - For three hours on the afternoon of the 22d the firing from the Mexicancannon & lIlusketry lias incessant. - but only tllO of our men lIere lIounded & both butslightly - But in the morning of the 23d com;;;enced the the battle - a harderfought battle "as never knolln & never did men distinguish themselves IDore th.. n didthe gallant volunteers - for it lias exclusively a volunteer fight iln<:'l though all didextremly well - yet by all t.he palm is awarded to Illinois - Nobly did the tva regilIlents [1st and 2nd] from our state sustain the reputation that they have lion by theirprevious conduct. - Oh - t.hat 1 could veUd t.he pen of a Clay [Henry J - a Webster[Daniel J - that I might do justice to a description of this battle - IIhich hascovered our state "ith glory _ But al .. s! "hile the n .. tion rejoices at a victory theqreatest ever lion by Amerie.. n .. rms,she has t.o mourn t.he loss of many of her best"bravest sons - Our olin Colonel John J .H.. rdin _ t.han "hom a better & braver man neverlived - is no more - He had already on th.. t f .. t .. l field von by his intrepIdity - areputation - equal - if not superior to that of any other on the field though therelIere many old & distinguished officers in the bat.tle - He made several charges t.hatday & he lias aillays at the head of the column in a charge & the last in the rear In aret.re .. t - .. nd had It not been for th .. t last un!ortoun .. te ch .. rge he h ..d been yet "live- the beloved - Imight almost s .. y t.he idol of his men _ but in his last charge he liaSsuddenly apposed by ten tilDes his o"n torce _ & "as forced to ret.reat- but he 11.. 15 thelast - had hg retreatec among the first - as his \lound - Which he had prevlo\Jfilyr ..Clllvcd ...oult' have permitted hIII\ t.o do ·... ith ~onor - ha edght - say - in all "ro~;.~il
itl' ,,",,,uld hitve esca"ed ~ ou~ no ~ he knev not ~ear - he lIould st.. y - & lie hava tomourn the loss of the oest officer In this army - but. he as he diee! not unaven'Jed - asfor the death of a Mexican can at.one for that of a man like our Colonel he himself_after he fell ,killed thCl~e\iithhis pistols & the lance \lith vhich he II .. S st. .. bbedlay beside him ne .. rly halt cut ott by a sa bar stroke ~ Oh he "as a good man and abrave _ never "as there an officer mare beloved by his men & by his felloll officersthan John J.H.. rdin - I could vrite .. 11 day on this s .. d but int.eresting nubject - buttime .. nd sp.. ce lIill not ilermit.. Many other distinguished oftieer.~,also, on thatmemorable day _ Cal Yel1[ArehibUd) of Arkansas - Cal Clay [Henry Jr. son of Sen .. torCl.. y 1 of Kentucky & many other equ .. lly distinguished men _. NOli after thisdigression - let ",e go back to continue my description of the battle - durin\.; t.hewhole of the 23rd from sunrise till dark the fight continued "ith little or no cessation _ & IIhen the approach of darkness forced both armies to drav off it ",as notknolln that eit.her side h ..d g[ .. ined] any decided advant..ge - "Our batt.. lion" thatis my _" another - had been stationed in t.olln during the batt.le - .. s all the provisions" .. munition etc lias here _ and a mOre uneasy set of mortals you never sail - Ireally beleive that there vas not a man in t.he company vho did not lIisht.o be lIith ourregiment - I know,that for one,tho not fond of fighting, lIished most. earnestly that
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SITKA, RUSSIA-" AMERICA OriginllUy SRkll w .... Il village of the n",g1t IndJIlns. In 1804 theRuss,ano. under AIe"llnder Baranov,dcfeot.-d the Indiana Ilnd""~ thevill.ge in retllHllt.,n forthe mllASaC"re of the Russians at St. Michael in 1802. Ilaranov built a rOrt al the sl1e and narn.-d ItNew Archangel Ilnd made It the capitol or Ru""lan Americ.. IIoweverthe common uoagenfthenarne SIl1<A h.... prevailed to thls day.
Ru",,1a sold Alaska to the U.s. In th" opring of 1861 for the sum of 1.200,000 dolla",. Th"formlll tr.....fer took pi...... on October Ill, 1861 cond"dlng the .oecnnd 11I1"lIe51 real estatetra"'lIIclion in hbitory - second only to Ihe Lou"'lana F'urehll!le,
The co"'r shown above ""ar. the "Ilrliesl known postmark from Alaska _ No",,",mber 8, 1861- JUSI Ihree weeloo an"r Ihe U.s. look ~ion The "melal List~1WI QtrIOOI in Ilu! l/NiU!d.Slolt>s for 1868 Jl:i\"e!! the locatIOn or sll1<A ... in RUSSIA..'ll AMERICA. Se<e al:>o'>w,
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"Your ravor of rhl 29th wlt.wl' rlcllvld ,'It'fdI1.Ve,! I eo••,ndedtb, dltach.,nt of lha 16th N.Y.Cavalry that captured 'ooth andHarold two of the •••••• 1n. of Pt •• ldent Llneoln:lnd will ,Iv••ahort Iccount of the .rr,ir.On thl 21th dlY of April 18'5 • t w••detll1ed tn char,1 of 25 aoualld "n of ., ".I.eot to &0 in parlult of the •••••• In. of the Pca.1dlnt of the U.S. Up to that tl ••only Hra.Surratt,ratol.' Attlrot had be.n Irr.'ted • lha prlncipallurd'rlr (Iooth) WI' .t11t It lltll.Artlr louotiol 'T Co•••nd,I proe ••ded to lh, orrici of lha thin provOlt "arlhll of the Diltrict orColutbtl Col.L.t"akle - obtained Photolrlphl of the •••••• to •• and.,rchid doun to the 6th St.wh~rC.~nd ~Ct.r pl~~ine 3·d~y, For~e.
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the hidlnl plae, of 100th. h. tOld ....h.re he h.d l.ft looth thepr.viou••v.ninl.l ~rr•• t.d hl. , co.p.ll.d bi. to lu.d••, to U..Carett far•• wher, looth , N~rold ... r. io hidioe - On ~rrlvln, n,~r
the C~rr.tt hou., 'bout ...... the 26tb April.I .urround,d thebuildinc' , outbuildinc".nd findlne that looth , N.rold v.r. 111. thelarn I .,.and•• th.ir 'urr.nd.r,looth at fir't d.ni.d that th.r, ... ,any on. but hi.,.lf in the I.rn.but flnally ad.it.d th~t ~.noth.r ••0vant.d to .urr.nd.r ... ful b.d~ - r ~dyl •• d hi. to do li ..... I ••• h.r.fu,.d .nd •• 11 •• to dr ....y •• 11. up 50 p.e., .nd etv. hi. ~ eh.nc.for hi. Ilf.;1 r.Cu••• ,h' •• id ··.noth.r 'pOt on elortou, bann.r M .ct.et - I ord.r.d the b~rn Ctr.d but a. looth thr •• t.n.d the Corpor.l..ho .... pr.p.rine to fir. the bulldloe. I told hi. to d.,',! int.nd111.1 to throv hoth door, op.n vh.n .aylicht .pp•• r.d ~nd ,nt.r ... th•• 11. fro. both .nd. of the build in, - in the ."11. ti.e I pl.c.d 5.re.~nt Corb'tt , oth.r •• 11. .round the b~rn .11. h.d p.r.on.lly t .... nHarold out vh.n ,udd.nly I h•• rd a ,hot •• co.inl fro. the In.,d. ,throvio, the door op.n 1 .nt.r.d the burninl b~rn ..hieh h.d b•• nfired by .0.. aen in the r •• r of the buildinc •• nd Cr.,pine loothund.r the .r•••• h. v" f.llins ... ith other of .y .en.pull.d hi. out,.nd r ••ov.d hi. to the v.r.nd. of the C.rr.tt hOu",vh.r. h. di.d 2hour•• ft.rw.rd.. S.re.IO'tOn Corb.tt shot .. ithout order".ndr.ported to ••• ft.r ... rd. th.t looth v" .i.inS hi, c.rbin•• t ••• tthe door ••• J .... in .ct of takine H.rold out of the b.rn;only On •• hot va. fir.d,.nd th.t va. by Corb.tt.I ju'tifi.d hi. In hi, .ct,.ltho r intend.d to t .... looth .liv•. r brousht the body of looth ,the Pri.on.r K.rold to W•• hlneton D.C. , turn.d both ov.r to theGunboat Mont.uk th.n in w.'hinston,D.r., Your. in b•• t.
E.P.Doherty l.t. C.pt.16th K.Y.C.v.'·
