Sept 30 1861 “A Rebel mortally wounded reports Pillow Twenty Thousand moving on Mayfield.”

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Ulysses S Grant

Sept 30 1861 Wrote Capt. McKeever, “Our pickets were attacked today below Norfolk. A Rebel mortally wounded reports Pillow Twenty Thousand moving on Mayfield. We are threatened towards Charleston.”

The Papers of Ulysses S Grant, Vol 2, p 329

O.R., I, iii, 510

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Sept 30 1861 “A Rebel mortally wounded reports Pillow Twenty Thousand moving on Mayfield.”