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Various Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots [Decimalized .01-.03]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08523 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: [various places] Type: Manuscript Date: July to August 1863 Pagination: 3 items Order a Copy

Three official copies or extracts from Army Headquarters relating to the New York City draft riots.

French, William Henry, 1815-1881
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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