Worth, Margaret, 1828-? to Henry Jackson Hunt

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GLC#
GLC02382.101-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 25, 1870
Author/Creator
Worth, Margaret, 1828-?
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Flushing, New York
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 26.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Had previously collected information regarding her father's military service, especially pertaining to the Mexican American War. Notes that she received a statement from Joseph E. Johnston. Mentions Lee's (possibly Robert E. Lee's) opinion regarding the 20 August 1847 Battle of Churubusco. Mentions a bill in Congress introduced by New York Representative Henry Warner Slocum, a Civil War general. Calls the War Department the "mutual admiration society."

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