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Gibbon, John, 1827-1896 to Frank A. Haskell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02462.07 Author/Creator: Gibbon, John, 1827-1896 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 September [1862?] Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Orders Haskell and his troops to rendezvous with Gibbon and his men inside Washington. Dated to 9:30 PM. Signed as Brigadier General. Also mentions Sixth Wisconsin and General Hooker. Day and month given, but no year. Written some time between 1861 and 1863, most likely 1861.

Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
Haskell, Frank A., ?-1864
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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