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Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1821-1896 to Secretary of War James Seddon and various Confederate generals

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09140 Author/Creator: Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1821-1896 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: December 1862 Pagination: 12 p. : Order a Copy

Seven retained telegrams to Union General John G. Foster's expedition towards Goldsboro, NC. "I have no cavalry with a view to the navigation of the Mississippi from New Orleans upwards, sails to-day from the North River, near the State Prison, to Albany. The velosity [sic] of the Steam Boat is calculated at four miles an hour; it is said that it will make a progress of two against the current of the Mississippi; and if so it will certainly be a very valuable acquisition to the commerce of the Western States." See also GLC 9174.

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