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Williams, Seth, 1822-1866 to George A. McCall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02464.20 Author/Creator: Williams, Seth, 1822-1866 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 September 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy

Major Williams, assistant adjutant general, replies to a dispatch from Brigadier General McCall. Remarks that it would be impracticable to relieve McCall's regiment at Great Falls, Maryland with a regiment in Smith's brigade.

Williams, Seth, 1822-1866
McCall, George Archibald, 1802-1868

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