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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06588.066 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Chattanooga, TN Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 January 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 13.5 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Author reports that Bruce is well. They have had to march 3 or 4 weeks to near Knoxville but now they have pretty good quarters. He is sharing a tent with Bruce and two others.

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