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- GLC#
- GLC07705.206-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 13, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, fl. 1861-1864
- Title
- to Richard H. Jackson
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : envelope Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
The loss of the Cumberland and Congress at Newport News caused depression at home. He informs him that the whole Union army on the Potomac is on the advance and is glad his son is so devoted to his country.
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