Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902 to William McLean

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GLC#
GLC02161.055-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
7 September 1862
Author/Creator
Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902
Title
to William McLean
Place Written
Alexandria, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

He tells a story in which a lot of soldiers and cavalry were standing around and someone asked, 'Where's Gen. Pope?' And someone else answered: 'In his headquarters.' Upon asking where his headquarters were, the reply was: 'In his saddle.' Written in a Hospital Tent in Alexandria, Virginia.

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