to Mary "Mollie" McLean

Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902 to Mary "Mollie" McLean

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GLC#
GLC02161.032-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 July 1862
Author/Creator
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
Title
to Mary "Mollie" McLean
Place Written
Harrison's Landing, Virginia
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He thinks McClellan could have cut his way through Richmond a month ago. But there would have been drawbacks. The North needs to come down to the South and just fight. But he thinks they are currently outnumbered.

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