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Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) to: E. M. Stanton, Washington.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05601.099 Author/Creator: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Place Written: St. Louis Type: Document signed Date: 1862/03/31 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

"We have possession of no point at the Memphis & Charleston R. R. My present purpose is to attack it somewhere in the vicinity of Corinth."

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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