Sunday, January 4, 2015

A Letter To Isaac Shelby


Source

A letter from General Harrison to Shelby after the River Raisin disaster which tremendously affected Kentuckians:


A continuation of Harrison's letter:

The greater part of Colonel Wells's regiment, United States Infantry, and the 1st and 5th regiments Kentucky Infantry, and Allen's rifle regiment, under the immediate orders of General Winchester have been cut to pieces by the enemy or taken prisoners.



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