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Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890 to Edward D. Townsend

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.15 Author/Creator: Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890 Place Written: Winchester, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 January 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

General Milroy writes to Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Transmits a letter captured at Woodstock, Virginia, by a cavalry battalion under his command (letter not included).

Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

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