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Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907 to C. E. Bissell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.182 Author/Creator: Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: February 26, 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Wainwright signs as Brevet Brigadier General commanding an artillery brigade, Army of the Potomac. Transmits a report listing commanding officers, position, number, and caliber of guns for eleven batteries to Bissell, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Possibly intended for C. T. Bissell, aide-de-camp to General Henry Jackson Hunt. Probably created in Virginia.

Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907
Bissell, C. T., fl. 1865
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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