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9 June 1865

Contiary, A.L., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard H. Jackson

He writes that he actually likes the people he met in Maryland and Virginia. And he doesn't have time to get homesick. There are about 400 troops guarding 22,000 Rebel prisoners at Point Lookout.

GLC07705.399

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