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Smith, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1897 to Lewis Wallace

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02462.21 Author/Creator: Smith, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1897 Place Written: Fort Mitchell, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 September 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Requesting that Wallace send him an engineering officer, to help him plan new defensive works. Endorsement on verso, stating that the request was received and referred to General Wright. Endorsement reads "By order. Maj. Genl Wallace. J.C. Kelton Jr. A D C." Endorsement is likely an autograph endorsement signed by Wallace. J. C. Kelton is John Cunningham Kelton, a Union Adjutant General.

Smith, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1897
Wallace, Lewis, 1827-1905
Kelton, John Cunningham, 1828-1893

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