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Kilpatrick, Hugh J., 1836-1881 to Willard W. Glazier

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02457.10 Author/Creator: Kilpatrick, Hugh J., 1836-1881 Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 December 1864 Pagination: Order a Copy

Writes to Glazier, a Lieutenant who had just escaped from a Confederate prison, to express his "high appreciation of" his "many soldierly qualities". Remembers that in his old regiment Glazier was a private. Two bust engravings of Kilpatrick included as collateral.

Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 1836-1881
Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905

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