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Whipple, William, 1730-1785 to Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield re: troop movements

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02465.32 Author/Creator: Whipple, William, 1730-1785 Place Written: Headquarters, Dept 1. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1862/03/11 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Informs Mansfield that he should keep the six companies of the 16th Massachusetts that are with him and that the rest of the regiment will be coming. He also requests the return of Colonel Weber's 20th New York Regiment

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