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June 14, 1861

Cassitt, Charles E., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Pillow

Letter written on patriotic Confederate stationery featuring a portrait of Jefferson Davis. Charles E. Cassitt, Captain of the "Shelby Rifles" under Colonel J. Knox Walker, writes about the incompetence and lying of his commanding office. Noted at bottom: "Unofficial." Transcript available. Letter written at Fort Wright.

GLC00798

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