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Withers, John (fl. 1864) to Pierre Beauregard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03068 Author/Creator: Withers, John (fl. 1864) Place Written: Richmond, Viriginia. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: September 1864 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 25.7 x 19.8 cm Order a Copy

From the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond. Relaying order of President Jefferson Davis and the Secretary of War commuting the death sentence against David H. Holmes, company G, 10th Regiment N. C. T., to hard labor.

Assistant Adjutant General

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