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Fales, Charles L., fl. 1862 to Adelaide Fales

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09316 Author/Creator: Fales, Charles L., fl. 1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 September 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Captured after a Union bayonet charge at Second Bull Run: "...when we charged bayonets and rushed with a yell on to the railroad. The rebels poured the shot with us fast but we drove them away and held the railroad....They shot some men after they surrendered. I expected to get killed one fellow rushed up to me with his bayonet and asked me if I wanted to die, I told him I did not care. He with several others marched me off."

Fales, Charles L., fl. 1862
Fales, Adelaide, fl. 1862

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