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Gray, John C., 1839-1915 War letters, 1862-1865, of John Chipman Gray Major, Judge Advocate and John Codman Ropes Historian of the War with portraits.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.261 Author/Creator: Gray, John C., 1839-1915 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1927 Pagination: 3 p. : l., 532 p. : 2 port. (incl. front.) Height: 25 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Published by the Riverside Press for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Note behind cover: "I Nevins 97: "unique" / Union Bookshelf 36."

Gray, John Chipman, 1839-1915

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