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Pearce, Edgar to "Folks at Home"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00066.074 Author/Creator: Pearce, Edgar Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 25.5 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

Describes the Confederate attack at Shiloh as "biggest fight of the new world." Writes from "Our Old Camp ."

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