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Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 to Colonel Gibbs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02216 Author/Creator: Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 Place Written: Blackwater, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 December 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

General Pryor instructs, "Don't carry your troops to Blackwater Bridge in the morning. Hold them in readiness to join me at Franklin. The enemy threatens us seriously." Gibbs notes, in pencil, that he received this message at 9:30 pm. Possibly to Colonel George C. Gibbs of the 42nd North Carolina Infantry.

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919
Gibbs, George C., 1812-1886

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