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Donahue, Thomas (fl. 1863) to Almira Winchell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04706.13 Author/Creator: Donahue, Thomas (fl. 1863) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 December 1864 Pagination: Order a Copy

Written from Camp Battery B. Writes that the battery fired a 100 gun salute in celebration of [General William T] Sherman's capture of Savannah, Georgia. Thinks the winter campaigns are over. Describes how he and his friends spent Christmas.

Winchell, Almira, fl. 1862-1865
Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863

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