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- GLC#
- GLC00715.06-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 7, 1860
- Author/Creator
- McMurran, Joseph, fl. 1860
- Title
- to Paul J. Semmes
- Place Written
- Christiansburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
McMurran, a Virginia military man and editor of a paper in Christiansburg, Virginia, asks Semmes for a copy of his published work "Infantry Tactics." Docketed by Semmes. McMurran entered the 4th VA Cavalry in 1861 and eventually achieved the rank of sergeant major. He was wounded in action at Gettysburg and then Winchester.
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