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Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.09 Author/Creator: Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 14, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Possibly written in South Carolina. Gist, an acting adjutant and inspector general, states "The 16, Reg't Col Young will be charged with the special [Horton?] Service for the next ten days, they have no arms- I recommend that ... arms be issued to Col Young with ten rounds of ammunition, to be returned, if not used, at the expiration of the special service with which his Reg't is charged."

Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864

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