Letter
Unknown, December 15, 1862
HEADQUARTERS,
December 15, 1862.
December 15, 1862.
No attempt to advance has been made by the enemy to-day. He has been busy collecting his dead and wounded, and this afternoon sent a flag of truce to obtain those within our lines. He commenced this evening to fortify his position. General ees D.] Bayard, U.S. Cavalry, and General [C. Feger Jackson, of Pennsylvania, were killed on the 13th.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: A 1862 military report details enemy inactivity, a flag of truce to retrieve casualties, fortification efforts, and the deaths of Generals Bayard and Jackson during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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