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to Philip Henry Sheridan

Former Confederate General John B. Hood writes to Commander of the Military Division of the Gulf, General Philip Sheridan (1865-1867). Requests permission for Colonel Harding to visit Mexico on business. Includes initials after post script that...

GLC02455.06

to John C. Kelton

Recommendation for Captain Price. Says Price "has recently been on a tour of Inspection of the Cavalry of the West and can give you much valuable information concerning that arm." Requests that Kelton place Price on his staff. On War Department...

GLC02458.09

to Andrew Atkinson Humphreys

This report, signed twice by Major General Philip H. Sheridan, describes the nearly disastrous Wilson-Kautz Raid of June 22-30, 1864. Sheridan tells Major General A. A. Humphreys, the Army of the Potomac's chief of staff, about his efforts to find...

GLC00653.12.01

[Albumen of a military commission]

Photograph enclosed in a letter from Lew Wallace to A. E. Allen. The letter (GLC07740.01) identifies the individuals in the portrait as (from left to right) General Thomas M. Harris, General David O. Hunter, General Augustine V. Kautz, Brevet...

GLC07740.02

to A. E. Allen

Apologizes for the delay of the photograph. States that assassination trial was "perfect in every respect." Provides the name of the officers that tried the Lincoln conspirators. The list of names accompanies a photograph that has been pasted on a...

GLC07740.01