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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07164.24 Author/Creator: Neafie, Theodore F. Place Written: Camp at West Point, Virginia. Type: Letter signed Date: 1862/05/12 Pagination: Folio, 2 p with envelope.
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Details the regiments role as it acts as a flanking army to that of McClellan, while sending news of the destruction of the Merrimac. He states that newspapers are scarce, and that the Union Army is close to claiming Richmond.

Neafie, Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1845-1879

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