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Walker, Daniel, fl. 1861 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08265 Author/Creator: Walker, Daniel, fl. 1861 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 October 1861 Pagination: Order a Copy

Walker, a Confederate Private, 7th Tennessee Infantry, was stationed at Centerville, Virginia. He describes the Union defeat at Ball's Bluff (Leesburg, Virginia), and the justification for the Southern cause: "we routed them completely...we sunk several of their boats. Our loss was very few...we will survive on our laws...for it is just holy and true."

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