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Crans, Adolphus W. (fl. 1863-1864) [Soldier's collection] [Decimalized .01- .43]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.01 Author/Creator: Crans, Adolphus W. (fl. 1863-1864) Place Written: Various Type: Header Record Date: 1863-1864 Pagination: 26 items + envelopes Order a Copy

Collection includes 25 signed letters, most accompanied by envelopes. Also a Roll of Company B, 1st NY Cavalry. Crans discusses his experience in battle, and Washington D.C. Includes reports from Toliver (Taliaferro) Heights and Middleton, Virginia, and Maryland. Includes photographs: John C. [Fentee], E.J. M. Mullen, George [Bandoll], an unidentified man and woman standing, and an unidentified man on stooop.

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