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Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 to Daniel Ruggles

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02460.11 Author/Creator: Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878 Place Written: Decatur, Alabama Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 27.1 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

General Pillow instructs General Ruggles to furnish transportation to take Captain Huddleston's Company from Corinth, Mississippi to Decatur, to join Colonel [Green's?] company. Also instructs Ruggles to furnish transportation for Captain Holland's Company.

Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878

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