Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868 to Thomas Jordan
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.07 Author/Creator: Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868 Place Written: Leesburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 19, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ;docket; 19.7 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Possibly written in Virginia. Two days before the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Confederate General Evans informs Colonel Jordan that "the Enemy have appeared in the Turnpike between Dranesville and this place, in considerable force." Reports that he is making preparations to meet the Union force, and requests reinforcements. In a post script, states that Union soldiers "appeared about 3 P.M. today within 10 miles of this place- when they ran my picketts in." Docketed by General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (in pencil), commanding troops in Northern Virginia.
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