Named Entity Results, Letcher

The burning of Governor Letcher's house. --The Yankee papers contain a card of F. H. Patton, Acting Medical Purveyor to Hunter's army, in reply to Governor Letcher's description of the burning of his residence in Lexington. It is peculiarly Yankee, as the following extract will show: "I was unwell when we entered LexiGovernor Letcher's description of the burning of his residence in Lexington. It is peculiarly Yankee, as the following extract will show: "I was unwell when we entered Lexington, and being introduced to Mrs. Letcher and family by a mutual acquaintance, accepted their hospitality upon invitation, which I should not have done had I known, the house was to be burned. Instead of ' telling Lizzie it would be the last meal she would take in the house,' I endeavored to quiet their apprehension by repeatedMrs. Letcher and family by a mutual acquaintance, accepted their hospitality upon invitation, which I should not have done had I known, the house was to be burned. Instead of ' telling Lizzie it would be the last meal she would take in the house,' I endeavored to quiet their apprehension by repeatedly assuring them I thought their house was not in danger, and bidding them good morning, expecting to dine with them, I was certainly very astonished upon returning at noon to find the house in ashes. as a soldier, I do not presume to sit in judgment upon the of my experience either to but if it is coer right to testing the to