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Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862 to his wife

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01898.10 Author/Creator: Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862 Place Written: Hall's Hill, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 19, 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Mentions doing drills with General Daniel Butterfield and General John Henry Martindale's brigades. The whole division under command of General Fitz-John Porter staged an imaginary battle. Stationary embossed "Farrar, Follett & Co. Metals, Boston." and "Stand by the Flag" with an image of an American flag.

Mortimer, Caleb C.E., 1835-1862
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Martindale, John Henry, 1815-1881

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