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Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933 to Nen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.15.09 Author/Creator: Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 June 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 18.2 x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy

Sends a piece of a Confederate skull from the Battle of Chancellorsville, as well as a piece of Washington's mother's monument from Fredericksburg. Written from the 5th Maine Battery.

Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933

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