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Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) to George Percival

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.25.14 Author/Creator: Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824-1886) Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 18 November 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 12.4 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written on Head Quarters Second Army Corps letterhead. Responds to Percival's request for an autograph. Written at City Point "in front of Petersburg."

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921

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