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Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 to Lucien Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.174 Author/Creator: Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 Place Written: Washington, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 07 April 1864 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

He tells him a story of how one night the officer-in-command summoned him and told him the enemy was preparing a trap for them for the morning and the mishaps that subsequently followed.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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