American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-11-23
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Army correspondence.



own county, and more especially when
get it in sheet like the CITIZEN.
must inform YOU of my illness and the
cause of it, There were thirty men vol
unteerrd out of our company, Go. u,
9Th Pa, II, At) to go on the cars as
guards. Co. A, and Co, +, sent thirty
men each, making in all ninety men.
They had about seventy five laborers along
the most of them darkies Our business
was to open the Manassas Gap Railroad,
which has been out Of use for over a year.
We had two battalions of Gallop's men
with us. one in the advance and the other
in the rear. We left Fairfax Station,
about three o'clock, p. NJ, on the Sth OF
October; we went about three miles on
the other side Of Bulls Run battlefield,
and not considering it safe to run after
night, We stopped and threw out picket,
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