Drum, Richard Coulter, 1825-1909 to Henry Jackson Hunt

GLC02382.113

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GLC#
GLC02382.113-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
10 June 1871
Author/Creator
Drum, Richard Coulter, 1825-1909
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 26.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Drum, who had served as an assistant adjutant Union general during the Civil War, writes to Hunt at Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island. Notes that Harney (possibly General William Selby Harney) "would get through notwithstanding his demerit." Recently remitted $150.00 to a General [C.?] (possibly General Samuel Cooper). Cannot persuade General George Gordon Meade to collect his account. Discusses matters pertaining to the military and War Department.

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