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Baldwin, William Edwin (1827-1864) to D. W. Flowerree

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05002 Author/Creator: Baldwin, William Edwin (1827-1864) Place Written: Snyders Bluff, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 February 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 23.7 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy

General Baldwin informs Major Flowerree, an assistant adjutant general (for General Dabney Herndon Maury), that an unofficial report informed of thirty seven deserters from the 37th Mississippi Regiment the previous night. Notes that the Big Black River can only be crossed in two locations, and that guards placed at these points could easily apprehend deserters. Autograph endorsement signed by General Maury, on verso, written 4 February 1863. Maury forwards and approves, stating that measures "may be at once adopted for the arrest and punishment of deserters..." Another note on verso states that additional orders should be delivered to Shelly, so that no soldier may cross the river at the ferry stations near his command. Accompanied by a paper frame.

Baldwin, William Edwin, 1827-1864
Flowerree, D. W., fl. 1863
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900

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