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William Elmer Thorp correspondence, 1846-1868

1861-07-24 William E. Thorpe to James M. Coveney Page 2

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2 and of coffee and I can tell you Jim it was a bad defeat a perfect rout I will give you a short account of the battle as near as I can learn from those who were engaged in it. About two Oclock on last Sunday morning our troops were called up and fell into ranks and formed their line of battle when they advanced on the enemy at Bulls run about four miles this side of Manassas Junction the rebels retreated and our troops followed on when the rebels opened on them with masked batteries before this unknown to our men and cut them up badly when some of them run when the N. Y. Zouaves (Elsworth's) were charged upon by the Black Horse Cavalry but they
 
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