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Allibone, Francis B., ?-1865 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.186 Author/Creator: Allibone, Francis B., ?-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 10 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Allibone signs as captain and ordnance officer, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac. Requests ammunition from the artillery reserve for the use of several horse batteries from Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. Probably written in Virginia.

Allibone, Francis B., fl. 1865
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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