. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . live quietly in Winchester,until 1867. No one suspectedher; they knew nothing of thematter, until she received thefollowing letter from GeneralSheridan. HeadquartersDepartment of Gulf, New Orleans,January 7, 1867. My dear Miss Wright : You are probably not awareof the service you rendered theUnion cause by the informationyou sent me by the colored man afew days before the Opequan onSeptember 19, 1S64. It was onthis information the batde was fought and probably w
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . live quietly in Winchester,until 1867. No one suspectedher; they knew nothing of thematter, until she received thefollowing letter from GeneralSheridan. HeadquartersDepartment of Gulf, New Orleans,January 7, 1867. My dear Miss Wright : You are probably not awareof the service you rendered theUnion cause by the informationyou sent me by the colored man afew days before the Opequan onSeptember 19, 1S64. It was onthis information the batde was fought and probably won. The col-ored man gave the note rolled up in tin foil to the scout, whoawaited him at Millwood. The colored man had carried it in his mouth to that pomt, anddelivered it to the scout, who brought it to me. By this note I^ be-came aware of the true condition of affairs, inside of the enemys hues,and gave directions for the attack. I will always remember this courageous and patriodc action ofyours with gratitude, and beg you to accept the watch and chamwhich I send you by General J. Forsythe as a memento of September19, WILLIAM L. UBER,Co. H. This letter getdng into the Valley papers, most of thecommunity were wild with indignadon, but the war was over,and they could do her no injury, but they showed their dis-like in manv ways. Finally in 1869 General Grant had herappointed to a position in the Treasury Department atWashington. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 169 Up to the year 1891, the colored man that carried thedespatch, had not been found, although every effort had beenmade to find him. That year the survivors of the Sixth Corps,dedicated a monumentat Winchester to General David A. Rus-sell, who was killed in that action and while there, started asearch to find the missing colored man. He was found andproved to be Tom Laws of Berryville, who in 1864 belongedto a Mr. Clarke who resided in Winchester and who wasprivileged to go into the town twice a week with produ
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