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Edmundson, Jesse Wright, 1845-1917 [Blank permit to pass through picket lines]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.56 Author/Creator: Edmundson, Jesse Wright, 1845-1917 Place Written: Plymouth, North Carolina Type: Printed document signed Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 6 cm, Width: 10.5 cm Order a Copy

A pass granting permission to cross the picket lines, but with no name filled in. Signed by Edmundson.

Jesse Wright Edmundson was a Sergeant in the Fiftieth North Carolina Infantry, and was among the youngest to serve as an officer during the Civil War.

Edmundson, Jesse Wright, 1845-1917
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883

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