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Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose) 1797-1863 to Randolph Barnes Marcy

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.13 Author/Creator: Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose) 1797-1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 June 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 19.5 x 12.9 cm. Order a Copy

General Sumner writes from 2nd Corps Headquarters to General Marcy, Chief of Staff under General George Brinton McClellan. Writes, "Your dispatch received, informing me that the 29th regt Mass Vols is assigned to Richardsons division." Possibly written in Virginia.

Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863
Marcy, Randolph Barnes, 1812-1887
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
Richardson, Israel Bush, 1815-1862

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