John P. Ferrell to McArdle, May 25, 1889
Buckhorn Austin County
Texas May the 25 1889
H A McArdle
Dear Sir I have just returned
from my trip to Austin. I went
by the way of Temple and just
got home and will try and ans-
wer your letter to the best of
my recoliction [sic]. [W]e [were] on Limberd [?]
a bout 2 hundred yards from
the Mexican breast works then
charged up to a bout 30 or 40
yards of the Breast work before
the Mexicans left thar [their] canon[.]
[W]e had to remain on the
field as we cod [could] go no farther[.]
[T]his is a bout the facts of the
case to the best of my
recoliction [sic] and I think a bout
true[.]
Truly yours
John P Ferrell
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