358.
Civil War Letter. May 1863. Winchester, VA.
Bushwhackers.

"We have been out on two reconnaisance since I wrote you last we was very successful on the first scout the official report was 9 rebs killed and several wounded & 25 prisoners. We left Winchester in the morning about daylight with about 600 cavalry, part of the 13th Pa. Cav[alry]; Our scout or guide that we had with us took the man out that belonged to the house in the first place. The man that lived therewas his uncle. He took him out in the yard and called his wife to the door & told her that he wanted here to see him die. Says he you know that he is a bushwhacker & that he shot my father that was his own brother. The woman run in between them he shot her through the arm & killed him. That's the way that bushwhackers is served."

D.O. Kelly Winchester, VA May 1863

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