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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.25.15 Author/Creator: Ollie Place Written: Falmouth, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.2 x 12.8 cm. Order a Copy

Written on Head Quarters Engineer Brigade letterhead. "It is raining which has prevented the moving of the army of the Potomac..."

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

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