McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864 to David Dixon Porter

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GLC#
GLC02463.14-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
24 June 1863
Author/Creator
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864
Title
to David Dixon Porter
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 13.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Written "Before Vicksburg," Mississippi. General McPherson requests that Admiral Porter "let the bearer Lorain Ruggles, one of our scouts have (500) Five Hundred Cartridges for 'Henry's Rifle,' Our Ordnance Officer has none that will suit." Written on Headquarters, Seventeenth Army Corps, Department of the Tennessee stationery.

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