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Dana, Charles Anderson, 1819-1897 [Letterbook of telegrams from Dana to Edwin McMasters Stanton in the War Department]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04605 Author/Creator: Dana, Charles Anderson, 1819-1897 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 6 September 1863 - 8 Novermber 1863 Pagination: 181 p. : Height: 29 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Contains handwritten and signed transcripts of one hundred twelve telegraphs. Sent by Dana from the front lines of the Tennessee campaign to the War Department, where they were transcribed by hand into this book for consultation by Stanton, Lincoln and others. Updates nearly every day, sometimes many per day, on events of the Western campaign, including firsthand accounts of battles at Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, and others. Details strategies, outcomes, casualties, etc. Begins with arrival at front lines and a meeting with Andrew Johnson. Dana, assistant secretary of state, had been sent by Stanton to the Western front to report on events there.

Dana, Charles Anderson, 1819-1897

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