(CIVIL WAR PENNSYLVANIA) Winans Jacob S Letter describing t

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(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) Winans, Jacob S. Letter describing the Battle of Bristoe Station. Autograph Letter Signed to father Isaac Winans. 4 pages, 8 x 5 inches, on one folding sheet; three later ink marks in text. With stamped envelope bearing a Washington postmark. Near Fairfax Court House, VA, 18 October 1863

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Describes a Confederate ambush of two Union divisions which did not go as planned: "This division was just starting when a rebel battery opened up on us. We formed line and waited until one of our batteries got in position, which soon silenced the reb. . . . The 2nd Corps were a little in the rear of us on another road, they were attacked about the same time. The rebels mistook them for the advance, and attacked them on the flank . . . and were captured."