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.arey nnty, ivlnjj 11 lard unty, ulrfd era to te of rn of r 1909r.«diedagos1 thebovtA.museIUOQ4aianyt hey dry.t and d fin-iv filler»od of It*blcoryijulteoe tf*» ?, and, “It scelt1on picket and not yet returned, when our demi-brigade (the 91ft and 64th N. V.) came up to fill up the whole gap. They did it effectively, breaking through the enemy’s outerline, they brushed back his lorccs far be-yond all our lines, and recovered considerable ground from which our comrades had been driven the day before.Then, as I understand it, the Con-fcdera'es were more demoralized and the taking of Richmond more practicable than at any other period be-fore the final surrender.Your regiment, in its first engagement, was in the very forefront of , this achievement.A few weeks since, I visited the grounds at the Fair Oaks railroad I crossing; saw where the regiment firstcame under fire; where my brother. General C. H. Howard, then a Lieutenant and Aid-de Camp, rode out in front and repeated my order to advance; where the 64th, as one man, sprang up and marched after hire through the trees.I saw where I received my first wound, where mj brother came to me after his “zebra” horse was killed, and tied a pocket handkerchief around my wrist, I-ater I guessed at the place where tny rey had his leg I broken n! v r* ! .received thet! ■ ».i »h the elbow•Pica -ta nearly as 1 was able, I located the spot of our utmost ad-1 \\lhrc ! 11»w.*fiiioiiiitd in bn1- u; i'titU--*, at.d togethermeet one another there.Sincerely yours,OLIVER O. HOWARD,Major-General U. S. Army.PERSIA.Mrs. Emmons Pepperdine and son Robert of Donell of New Albion were guests of Mrs. J. H. Dickman a few days last week.Mr. and Mrs. Will Laverly and two children of Jamestown visited at J. L. Morands last week.Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Babcock entertained company from Ellicottville over Sunday.Miss Louise Linsely of Cattaraugus visited her father for a tew days.Charley Morand and Mrs. Will Erhart were in Dayton Sunday evening.O. I. Nash called on Charles Rich in Cattaraugus Saturday.John Dickman and son Maurice visited his sisters in Dunkirk and Forestville Saturday and Sunday,R. Wood of Eden was a guest at J. L. Morand Sunday.Mrs. Victora Rich visited her sister and also went to Gowanda Monday.Miss Ella Beeba and a lady friend of Little Valley visited at O. I. Beeba’s for a few days.Several from here went to Cattaraugus Saturday for the 4th, and alioto Gowanda Monday.Mark Beeba, sister F.lla, Miss Smith of Little Vallcfy and Dan Becker of Collins went to Niagara Falls Saturday.Mrs. Dickman visited Mu. Pepper-dhu i'i 1 ultaraugus Saturday andhumbly.VforcunV J. tlievnescanfirn¥acticouialsSol.Ttior1JurancRitoflrecenjambea
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Cattaraugus Times
Cattaraugus, New York, US
Fri, Jul 09, 1909
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