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United States. Congress Letter from the Secretary of War

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.231 Author/Creator: United States. Congress Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1880 Pagination: 53 p. : Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 14.7 cm Order a Copy

Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war." Includes letters from Alex Ramsey, Secretary of War, Robert N. Scott, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel of the U.S. Army, George W. McCrary, Secretary of War, and others. Lists battle reports and a catalog of Confederate military papers.

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