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Smith, Asa to Mrs. Smith [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03683 Author/Creator: Smith, Asa Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 15 June 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20 x 12.1 cm. Order a Copy

Written to his mother on patriotic stationery reporting on his movements from the time of leaving camp until his arrival at the site of the Battle of Fair Oaks.

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