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0205

Head Quarters
Peninsula District
Williamsburg Aug 20

The statements herein recorded by Mr Robert Saunders so far as they are within my observation & knowledge are correct.

His farm has been the arena of constant Military operations during the whole war. The line of Fortifications of which Ft Magruder forms a portion is partly on his Land

This was the ground upon which the battle of Will'bg was fought in May "62" and Ft Magruder has been held and garrisoned ever since and troops have been encamped in its vicinity on the lands of Mr Saunders during the whole war.

B C Ludlow
Brvt Brig Gen
Comdg.

Transcription Notes:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-15 10:16:50 The Battle of Williamsburg was fought on Fort Magruder (May 5 1862)