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Zollicoffer, Felix K., 1812-1862 to Gideon Johnson Pillow

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02460.21 Author/Creator: Zollicoffer, Felix K., 1812-1862 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 July 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15.9 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy

General Zollicoffer asks if Pillow, in Memphis, can transmit an artillery company to his division. Reports that the only company left in the division is led by Captain Ross at Fort Henry and Dover (Tennessee). Ross's company is without equipment.

Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, 1812-1862
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878

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