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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08265 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | Daniel Walker to unknown describing the Union defeat at Ball's Bluff |
| Date | 26 October 1861 |
| Author | Walker, Daniel (fl. 1861) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Walker, a Confederate Private, 7th Tennessee Infantry, was stationed at Centerville, Virginia. He describes the Union defeat at Ball's Bluff (Leesburg, Virginia), and the justification for the Southern cause: "we routed them completely...we sunk several of their boats. Our loss was very few...we will survive on our laws...for it is just holy and true." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Religion Battle Navy |
| People | Walker, Daniel (fl. 1861) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |