Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 to Raphael Semmes
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00610 Author/Creator: Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 Place Written: Lynchburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 29, 1873 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy
Early, a former lieutenant general in the Confederate Army, writes to former Confederate admiral and brigadier general Raphael Semmes regarding correspondence with a German who has created a flying machine that could be used to bombard northern cities. Says "...I have this day received an offer from a German who says he has invented a flying machine, to dedicate to the Southern Cause, which he says is not lost...he says we can bombard and destroy...Northern Cities with his flying machines. I will publish the letter as a fitting comment in all the fit Northern papers are raising, and some Southern ones, chiming in with, about our recent rebellious proceedings..."
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