Hatch, J.H., fl. 1861 to John T. Pickett
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03587.38 Author/Creator: Hatch, J.H., fl. 1861 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 November 1861 Pagination: 3 p. : clipping : envelope Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Discusses the secession of the South and the movement of the Union Army into Savannah and Charleston. Reports on the South's success at Leesburg and at Columbus, Kentucky. Includes personal news. Affixed clippings pertain to the arrest of Confederate States Ministers Slidell and Mason aboard a British mail ship, the re-capture of the Steamer Sumter, and the success of the agent for the Confederate States in Mexico. Envelope included does not seem to have originally held this letter.
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