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Dewey, Orville S. to mother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02161.118 Author/Creator: Dewey, Orville S. Place Written: Camp Barry, Washington D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 April 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.5 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

He has enclosed a soldier's tribute to the 1st corps. He was one of the original members. Cassie wrote that many people had returned home and that she will visit his mother this summer.

Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902

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