Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Alfred Pirtle Papers
Call No.
Mss. A P672
Content
Abert, James William, 1820-1897. To Mrs. (Jane Rogers ?) Pirtle. Head Quarters of Gen. Banks, Camp near Rockville Md., Sept. 6, 1861. 6 pp. A.L.S. Has been making an extensive reconnaissance of Montgomery County, Md., being the Chief Engineer Officer with "this column"; describes view from summit of Sugar Loaf Mountain; has met many agreeable and highly informed people in Maryland, has been feted and feasted, but likes camp life best; has very agreeable times conversing with (David) Strother about foreign lands and foreign ladies; visited his parents some time ago and saw his sons; enquires about members of the Pirtle family. In : Alfred Pirtle, Civil War letters