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Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (1810-1883) to Horatio Seymour

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02462.12 Author/Creator: Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (1810-1883) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 December 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Recommending Charles H. Campbell for "appointment as Lieutenant" and requests that he be placed under Humphrey's own command as an Aide-de-camp.

Horatio Seymour was the Governor of New York.
Andrew A. Humphreys was a Union General.

Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson, 1810-1883
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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