Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 to John Letcher

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GLC#
GLC02457.06-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
12 September 1861
Author/Creator
Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883
Title
to John Letcher
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Lieutenant Colonel Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, writes to Letcher, Governor of Virginia. Gorgas offers to exchange 800 rifles for 800 flintlock muskets, for use in Colonel [Zulukowski's?] Regiment. Proposes that the exchange take place before 1 January 1862. Written on Confederate States of America, War Department, Ordnance Office stationery. One bust engraving of Gorgas included as collateral.

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