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Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902 to David Ray

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.21 Author/Creator: Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 20 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Year previously inferred from content. Stanley, Chief of Cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland, writes to Colonel D. M. Ray, commander of a cavalry brigade (possibly Daniel Mack Ray). Instructs Ray to send half of his command to Salem (Virginia) at daylight the following morning to report to General Jefferson Columbus Davis. Remarks, "Rebel Cavalry in considerable force is reported at that place- Keep up your patrols on the Middleton Pike." Written on Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland stationery.

Stanley, David Sloane, 1828-1902
Ray, Daniel Mack, 1833-?
Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879

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