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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02166.112 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Wheeling, West Virginia Type: Letter Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; fragment Order a Copy

Two women who arrived to be treated for consumption after his departure for Camp Chase. Fragment - remainder of page possibly removed by censor.

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