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Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 [Wagons required for the transportation of Brigade Head Quarters, Artillery Park, Army of the Potomac]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.172 Author/Creator: Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Captain Shaffer, commander of Artillery Park. Possibly created in Virginia.

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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