Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 to John Letcher
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02457.06 Author/Creator: Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 September 1861 Pagination: Order a Copy
Lieutenant Colonel Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, writes to Letcher, Governor of Virginia. Gorgas offers to exchange 800 rifles for 800 flintlock muskets, for use in Colonel [Zulukowski's?] Regiment. Proposes that the exchange take place before 1 January 1862. Written on Confederate States of America, War Department, Ordnance Office stationery. One bust engraving of Gorgas included as collateral.
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