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Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886 to George Percival

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.25.14 Author/Creator: Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: November 18, 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Letter written on Head Quarters Second Army Corps letterhead at City Point "in front of Petersburg." Hancock responds to Percival's request for an autograph.

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
Percival, George, fl. 1864

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