Friday, June 8, 2012

1862 June 8 Brown's Gap, Va.

[from the diary of Frank C. Fitzhugh of Cutshaw's Battery]


                                  Monday 9
Battle reopened at Sun rise
Drove the enemy 7 miles.
captured 260 prisoners.
A portion of Jacksons
Army crossed the Mountain
at Brown’s Gap
we camped on top.

[transcript by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]

MSS 4448


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