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- GLC#
- GLC01740.05.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 15, 1897
- Author/Creator
- McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905
- Title
- to John C. Ropes
- Place Written
- Bellport, New York
- Pagination
- 7 p. : Height: 28.9 cm, Width: 21.9 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
McLean writes a letter to historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas. GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. McLean discusses more details of Bald Hill. He notes that Anderson was not with him, but could have been at another point on Bald Hill. Mentions Generals Pope, Irvin McDowell, and Marsena Rudolph Patrick. He notes that he received ill treatment from Pope and McDowell the morning after the battle. He asks if Ropes has consulted Charles King's book, "Famous and Decisive Battles of the World." Notes that King had also consulted him (McLean) on the battle. Letter written on Potter & Price, Real Estate and Insurance stationery (Patchogue, New York).
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