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Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863 to Almira Winchell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04706.15 Author/Creator: Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 March 1865 Pagination: Order a Copy

Written from Camp Battery B. Cautions her not to be to optimistic about General Ulysses S. Grant taking Richmond, Virginia. Notes that he is glad to hear a friend has been captured: "I would rather have him a prisoner than a Deserter."

Winchell, Almira, fl. 1862-1865
Donahue, Thomas, fl. 1863
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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