Rawlins, John A., 1831-1869 to Charles Smith Hamilton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.18 Author/Creator: Rawlins, John A., 1831-1869 Place Written: La Grange, Tennessee Type: Letter signed Date: 8 November 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General under Ulysses S. Grant, writes to Hamilton, commander of the Left Wing of the Army of Tennessee. Transmits copied dispatch from General James Birdseye McPherson (not included), and instructs Hamilton: "hold one of the remaining Divisions of your Command in readiness to move at a moments notice." Docketed in pencil, apparently at a later date.
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