Orson Earll, ALS : Stevensburg, Va., to Electa Earll, 1864 Jan. 30.

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Orson Earll, ALS : Stevensburg, Va., to Electa Earll, 1864 Jan. 30.

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Letter to his sister "Lect" in which he describes his experiences with a Union cavalry regiment, encamped at the time near Stevensburg, Va, under the command of Generals Custer and Kilpatrick; he comments on poor diet, exposure, and other hardships of army life, and mentions that a rebel spy had been hanged the previous day and a Northern soldier shot for deserting; he describes the countryside in which there is nothing left save dead horses and men; and he recalls having visted the Gettysburg battlefield.

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