27 January 1831
Curtis, Samuel Ryan (1805-1866)
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Henry B. Curtis
Curtis, a future Union general, writes his older brother a long letter about his time at West Point, from which he graduated that year. Among the many plans and topics he comments on is the prejudice at the military academy of the "Yankee Staff toward the South and Westerners."
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