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At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives A bill to amend an act to organize forces to serve during the war.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08980.10 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 14 February 1865 Pagination: 3 p. ; 25 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Confederate act discharging the oldest soldiers, conscripting seventeen year olds, and encouraging soldiers who have left the army to return.

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870

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