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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08291.15 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Petersburg, VA Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 August 1864 Pagination: 3 p. ; 13.7 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

He is packing all company business and clothes to be sent to him. He has included his dress coat with a key to his valise in the dress pocket. Informs him of the dead and missing.

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