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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.030 Author/Creator: Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 May 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.2 cm, Width: 9.7 cm Order a Copy

Reports the status of artillery supplies during Spotsylvania campaign. Written in pencil on a very small piece of paper. Written from the General Artillery Brigade, 5th Corps.

Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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