August 18th, 1864
Title
August 18th, 1864
Creator
Gordon, Stephen
Date
1864-08-18
Contributor
Privitt, Alex
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Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, FRSP 3983-3987, FRSP 15960-15961.
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English
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18th Thursday
cloudy most of the day. There was some rebel cavalry in sight today Supposed to be about eight hundred strong. Wrote to Aunt Mary. Wm. Dewey and to father and after I had the letter wrote heard that he was up here. I supposed that he was at Retenburg (Petersville ?) The evening reports came in that our whole brigade was captured Afterwards it got down to total lost three hundred
cloudy most of the day. There was some rebel cavalry in sight today Supposed to be about eight hundred strong. Wrote to Aunt Mary. Wm. Dewey and to father and after I had the letter wrote heard that he was up here. I supposed that he was at Retenburg (Petersville ?) The evening reports came in that our whole brigade was captured Afterwards it got down to total lost three hundred
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Gordon, Stephen, “August 18th, 1864,” Gordon Diaries, accessed September 3, 2026, https://gordondiaries.umwhistory.org/items/show/4628.