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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Edwin M. Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00639.21 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: April 1, 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

In hand of Ely S. Parker, Seneca Indian Chief, who was Grant's Secretary, per Charles Hamilton. Letter reports of victory near Appomattox.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
American Indian History
Appomattox
Surrender
Union Forces
Civil War
Battle
Military History
President
Lincoln's Cabinet
The American Civil War

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