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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07205.020 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 13.3 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

He wandered into the hospital and found one of his lieutenants dying. Before he died he confessed to having been led into joining in doing him a great wrong.

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