Show J AT t WINCHESTER IN CHESTER There Thero U is In tho the possession pone lon of ot a 1 man manless manless less leas than ten tell miles from tram Syracuse what Is 18 probably the tho first autograph letter of ot General Jeneral In th the le Is legend gend end on which Thomas Reeds RAed famous poem Is II founded Is la I proved to be based upon an error Col Co Mortimer of ot F Fayetteville y tt Is the man to whom the letter was wu writ written written written ten and ha hll pr preserves it as AI a oat cue of ot oil his bl nn y JS most mOlt precious relics It runs as us tel fol follows to lows loses Chicago Feb Fob 3 1 Dear Col Colonel Colonel onel ye I have your letter of o January Januar 29 39 2 I stayed at Winchester on the night of ot October 18 1901 I ar nr arrived arrived rived a on the battlefield eld on the about 10 perhaps a 1 little ear earlier earlier lier I Immediately ordered General Cust Custer Cueter r front from the left to tho the right Then hell went to work to reform tho Infantry on the right of ot Gettys division of the tha Sixth corps After this had been boon done and nn about halt half past pnat 13 12 or 1 I Irod rode rod down the line As many of ot the tha troops trl ps did not see sen me mo until this time some omi of ot them may mar have fallen Into th the error that this wa was my first nut arrival on onI I the battlefield Yours Tours truly P II I had bad rotten Into an aa argument with |