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Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.028 Author/Creator: Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter Date: 17 May 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

United States Military telegram. Reports the arrival of ammunition during Wilderness campaign. Written in pencil.

Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Artillery
Army of the Potomac
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Union General
Battle
Ammunition
The American Civil War

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