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Beale, James, fl. 1878 to Maj. Geo. Hooker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09171.9 Author/Creator: Beale, James, fl. 1878 Place Written: Nepounset, MA Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 July 1878 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

read an article in which an ex-Confederate claimed a certain battle never happen. all these indiscrepancies will give rise to the claim that the war never happened.

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