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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03741 Author/Creator: Place Written: Goldsboro, N.C. Type: Autograph letter Date: 28-29 March 1865 Pagination: 10 p. 19.6 x 24.6 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned letter, describing Sherman's march from Savannah, through Georgia and the Carolinas from 1/29/1865.

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