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Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.117 Author/Creator: Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 Place Written: Falmouth, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 December 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 13.1 cm Order a Copy

He talks about how the army is divided and organized. He writes that a young woman in Norwich presented him with a wreath of flowers as he was riding through the city. Written in a camp near Falmouth.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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