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Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 to William Chapman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03921.03 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 Place Written: S[an] F[rancisco] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1899/11/01 Pagination: 2 p. + env. Order a Copy

News of friends and family; hopes for November election; and article written for the Times concerning actions of Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan during the war: "[W]hen Grant telegraphed Sheridan about capturing and corralling my men's wives it would have been a great advantage and promoted the efficiency of command."

Chapman, Samuel Forrer, 1838-1919
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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