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Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876 to Francis M. Rotch

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05592 Author/Creator: Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876 Place Written: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: 26 September 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Discusses placement of New York troops, losses at Antietam, and reinforcements. "Now, since the battle of Antietam the loss...of my whole brigade, is so great, that I would ask that six companies for each of the two N.Y. regts might be sent me." Says he can easily make room for these new companies by consolidating old ones, which is acceptable to his men.

Gorman, Willis Arnold, 1816-1876
Rotch, Francis Morgan, 1822-1863

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