Hoke, Robert Federick, 1837-1912 to Major Parker
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.13 Author/Creator: Hoke, Robert Federick, 1837-1912 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 February 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ;docket; 11.7 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Confederate Major General Hoke orders Parker to "Inform Genl Hardee in my name the true state of affairs." Goes on to instruct, "be careful not to allow the dispatch to fall into the hands of the Enemy." Also tells him to inform General Braxton Bragg and to have General Johnson Hagood give Colonel Jackson assistance. Same message in slightly different words written on verso.
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