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Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884 to Marius Manning Kimmel

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02456.15 Author/Creator: Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884 Place Written: Holly Springs, Mississippi Type: Letter Date: 18 October 1862 Pagination: Order a Copy

General Lovell writes to Kimmel, Assistant Adjutant General. Reports that the 1st Corps is divided into two divisions. General Lloyd Tilghman has been assigned command of the 1st Division, and General Albert Rust the 2nd. There are three brigades per division, and brigades of the 1st Division will be commanded by Colonels William Edwin Baldwin, A. Heiman (possibly Adolphus Heiman), and D. A. Russell. General John B. Villepigue will command the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, and other brigades in the 2nd division will be commanded by senior colonels whose names are not included. Encloses a return of the 1st Division (not included). Lovell writes from the Headquarters of the First Corps. One bust engraving of Lovell included as collateral.

Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884
Kimmel, Marius Manning, 1832-1916
Tilghman, Lloyd, 1816-1863
Rust, Albert, 1818-1870
Baldwin, William Edwin, 1827-1864
Heiman, Adolphus, 1809-1862
Russell, D. A., fl. 1862
Villepigue, John Bordenave, 1830-1862

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