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Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) to Joseph Barnes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03749 Author/Creator: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Letter signed Date: 5 December 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 17.6 x 24.9 cm. Order a Copy

Addressed to the Surgeon General and marked as "Confidential Circular" at top. Instructs that the Secretary of War [Edwin M. Stanton] directs that all supplies for General William T. Sherman's army be sent to Hilton Head, South Carolina immediately.

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883

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