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Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 to Eliza Cook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02570.18 Author/Creator: Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 Place Written: Murfreesboro, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 February 1862 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. Order a Copy

Short update quelling the rumors that his company was cut off from the army. Fears that the south has lost Kentucky and Tennessee. Has received family and friends' letters and will write back when he gets the chance.

Cooke, Gustave, fl. 1861-1865

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