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Chaplain Association of Memphis Petition to P.J.D. Irwin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04813.02 Author/Creator: Chaplain Association of Memphis Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Document signed Date: 11 March 1864 Pagination: 9 p. ; 32.8 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).

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