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- GLC#
- GLC02382.075-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 2 July 1881
- Author/Creator
- Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
- Title
- to Henry Jackson Hunt
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 13.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Porter thanks Hunt for offering his recollections on events during the war. Reflects on McClellan's tactics during the Peninsula Campaign. Notes that General Alexander Stewart Webb is writing a book on the topic, and it will be published by Scribner. Mentions Tecumseh (possibly William T. Sherman). A note on page two (possibly created by Hunt), indicates that Porter's reflections pertain to the Battle of Malvern Hill. Written on Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey stationery. Porter was dismissed from the military in 1863 because of his actions at Second Bull Run. His sentence was finally reversed in 1886.
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