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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06588.203 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 17.3 cm Order a Copy

The author says there is nothing here from him but a letter to his father. Also that the honored Sherman has lost his glory...

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