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Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893 to Montgomery C. Meigs

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02649.17 Author/Creator: Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893 Place Written: City Point, Virginia Type: Letter Date: 1 September 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Copy of a letter written by Ingalls, Brigadier General and Chief Quartermaster of the Armies operating against Richmond, to Major General Meigs, U.S. Army Quartermaster General, to add to his annual report a commendation for the Medical Department and hospital system under Dr. Thomas A. McParlin. The copy appears to have been prepared for McParlin. On Office of Chief Quartermaster stationery.

Ingalls, Rufus, 1818-1893
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892
McParlin, T. A. (Thomas Andrew), 1825-1897

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