Lengthy Autograph Letter Written By Stonewall’s Man - Sandie Pendleton

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PENDLETON Alexander Swift "Sandie" (1840-1864) was Stonewall Jackson's youngest aide, and the only one Jackson addressed by his first name. It is said that Jackson treated him like a son. General Early was defeated at the Third Battle of Winchester on September 19, 1864, forcing the Confederates to retreat to nearby Fisher's Hill. When Union forces attacked on September 22, 1864, Pendleton was fatally wounded in the abdomen. He was moved to the nearby town of Woodstock, where he died the following day, just a few days short of his 24th birthday. Autograph Letter Signed “A.S. Pendleton”, Gordonsville [Virginia], June 22, 1862, writing to his mother, 8pp., VG. In small part, “"I hope you are not disturbed at being left with only the cavalry between you and the Yankees - though in truth there is no cause for solicitude, as there were on Friday none of the enemy nearer Staunton than Strasburg. This trip will soon be over, & then what is left of our army after the big fight, or the gardening, which we are to do near Richmond, is off again for the Valley. My idea about the movement is that it is intended for us to follow the route taken by Stuart in his late reconnaissance, going by Hanover Junction, Old Church & around between the Chickahominy & Pamunkey & attack McClellan on his right, while Gen. Lee advances across the Chick. in his front, and that both together try to demolish him before the troops from the valley get to McClellan as they are evidently trying to do, & in which effort our leaders have signally [sic] frustrated them. If God grant us success over this army of McClellan, as we have every reason to hope, then I have no doubt of the termination of the war in a few months . . . Our advance is below Frederickshall [Frederick Hall, Virginia] today - that is Gen. [William H.C.] Whiting's division. Gen. Ewell's div.n is at Louisa C.H, & Gen. Jackson's old div.n here. Everything will be about Frederickshall tomorrow."Three days later, Pendleton and the Army of Northern Virginia engaged McClellan and his Army of the Potomac in the first of a series of six battles - the Seven Days Battles. In the end, the Confederates pushed the Federals away from the Confederate capital and back up the Virginia Peninsula.

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