1861 UNION PRISONER OF WAR DESCRIBES HIS CAPTURE AT BULL RUN LIBBY PRISON

1861. Fine content A.L.S., 4pp. 4to., Richmond, Nov. 12, 1861, from Union soldier Albert L. Graves to his mother and sibling. He writes as a prisoner of war and describes the circumstances of his capture during the First Battle of Bull Run, in small part: "... In your last letter you asked me to give what particulars I knew in regards to corporal Rice. While we were engaged in the action he was shot through one leg just above the ankle by a round musket ball which broke one of the bones and lodged in the other ankle. He turned around and started to go over the hill our of the range of the balls which were then hissing through the air as thick as hail. Streeter saw him staggering along making but very poor progress and went to his assistance. By this time he had got too weak to walk and I happened to look around and saw his situation and immediately started to help Streeter. we picked him up and carried him a mile and a half to Sudley's Church which was used for a hospital where we were joine. Item #458

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