Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906 to T. B. Roy
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00650 Author/Creator: Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906 Place Written: Merry Oaks, Kentucky Type: Letter signed Date: September 14, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Will obey orders he has just received regarding surveillance. Is scouting enemy pickets and estimates enemy troop strength. Describes Union recruitment meeting and wonders what to do about disloyal citizens. Roy was Hardee's Assistant Adjutant General. Docket contains Hardee's autograph endorsement signed. Docket states the letter was forwarded to Braxton Bragg, and contains the signature of George G. Garner, Bragg's Assistant Adjutant General.
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