Letter to Louisa J. Seward, 1863 August 2

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Autograph letter signed. From Headquarters, Fourth Regiment, Delaware Volunteers, Fairfax Station, Virginia. Reynolds describes his current assignment, which is to guard the Orange & Alexandria Railroad on its runs between Alexandria and Warrenton Junction: "I ought to state that the army of the Potomac is now lying at and beyond Warrenton junction, and that their supplies are carried over this road. We are placed on the trains to prevent the Rebels form capturing them or tearing up the track. We have been attacked twice and then when we give them a volley they Skedaddled."

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