ALS : to Braxton Bragg, Ashland, Va., 1864 May 11.

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ALS : to Braxton Bragg, Ashland, Va., 1864 May 11.

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A dispatch written from Ashland, several miles north of Yellow Tavern, where he was fatally wounded later that day. Stuart reports that his troops have driven the enemy from his present position and now intersect the enemy's route to Richmond at Yellow Tavern. Also mentions the positions of other Confederate forces.

1 item (1 p.) ; 17 cm.

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Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

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