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Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882 to Cuvier Grover

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03474.01 Author/Creator: Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 June 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Ordering a section of Captain Nims' battery "to report to General Erickson at Newport tomorrow at 500 A.M." Written at Head Quarters, Department of the Gulf, likely in New Orleans.

Arnold, Richard, 1828-1882
Grover, Cuvier, 1828-1885

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