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Johnson, Badley T., 1829-1903 to Campbell Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04015 Author/Creator: Johnson, Badley T., 1829-1903 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 April 1885 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 13.8 cm Order a Copy

Doubts that Beauregard ever had a "lost order" at First Manassas. Believes that there was never a missing battle plan, as some have asserted.

Johnson, Bradley Tyler, 1829-1903

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