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Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901 to Frederick Thomas Locke

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02465.05 Author/Creator: Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901 Place Written: Harrison's Bar, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 July 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Written during the Peninsula Campaign. Brigadier General Butterfield informs Captain Locke that verbal notice has been given for his command to move. Discusses the allocation of tents. Notes that his command has received Sibley tents. On the verso of the letter are lengthy autograph endorsements signed by Brigadier General George Webb Morell (1815-1883) and Major General Fitz-John Porter.

Butterfield, Daniel, 1831-1901
Locke, Frederick Thomas, 1826-1893
Morell, George W., 1815-1883
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Hoyt, Thomas J., ?-1882

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