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- GLC#
- GLC05043
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 3, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Mansfield, Joseph K.F., 1803-1862
- Title
- to Henry W. Halleck
- Place Written
- Suffolk, Virginia
- Pagination
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Marked "Confidential." Advises Halleck "You want the best troops in the line of Washington" and not scattered over the Peninsula, since he expects Washington will be the focus of Confederate plans. Thinks the regiments in Washington should be sent to Norfolk to be trained, and battle-tested men from Norfolk should be sent to join the Army of the Potomac for the climactic campaign. Also offers his services, if wanted, in the Army of the Potomac. 1 black and white bust engraving of Mansfield included.
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