Willcox, Orlando Bolivar, 1823-1907 to General Mansfield
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.25 Author/Creator: Willcox, Orlando Bolivar, 1823-1907 Place Written: Alexandria, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy
Willcox announces the Union capture of Alexandria: "Alexandria is ours. One Company. Captain Ball, mounted, thirty five men and thirty five horses (Captured) I regret to say Colonel Ellsworth has been shot by a person in a house." Directs bottom portion of the note to General Mansfield (possibly Joseph K. F. Mansfield): "I understand there are troops of the enemy at Junction." "Junction" possibly refers to Manassas Junction. Marked as a true copy.
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