King, Rufus, 1814-1876 to Edwin M. Stanton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05039 Author/Creator: King, Rufus, 1814-1876 Place Written: Fredericksburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 June 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.1 x 12.6 cm. + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 29 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy
Writes from "Opposite Fredericksburg." Written by Brigadier General King as commander of a division under General Irving McDowell to Secretary of War Stanton. Says "A contraband has just arrived here, who left Louisa Court House, 35 miles, from this point, at Sundown, Today." The contraband reported that [General Robert S.] Ewell's and [General Stonewall] Jackson's Confederate troops, numbering 40-50,000, passed Louisa Court House on their way to Richmond, Virginia last Friday through Monday. They were leaving the mountains, except for some calvary troops, and looked worn out. Says "His own master was among them and got home Sunday night." The contraband said he left because "now that the Southern troops had fallen back, the people expected the Yankees to follow and were hurrying off all The young and able-bodied Negroes further South." Some doodles in pencil on verso; one is of a building. On headquarters letterhead, with a jagged right side. Includes a paper frame that was probably used as matting. 1 bust engraving of King included.
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