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Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 to Alfred F. Sears

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.11 Author/Creator: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 Place Written: James Island, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 July 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

Informs Sears that his "company and effects will be embarked on the Holmes." Two weeks after the Union defeat at the battle of Seccesionville they began evacuating James Island, just off the coast from Charleston. Sears company was sent out on the ship Holmes. Sears is addressed as a colonel, when in fact he was a captain.

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
Sears, Alfred F., 1837-?

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