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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.01.22 Author/Creator: Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: June 21, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 25.7 cm Order a Copy

They crossed the Shenandoah the other day and they expect to go to Maryland and Pennsylvania next. Major Scuggs will deliver this letter because he has been discharged and is going home. This letter serves as foreshadowing of Lee's invasion into Pennsylvania in July.

Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864

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