Smith, Francis Marion, 1842-1917 to John E. Boos
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.17 Author/Creator: Smith, Francis Marion, 1842-1917 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 September 1915 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy
States he has not replied until now because of a serious illness. Has attached his signature to a statement for the National Tribune giving his impressions of April 2, 1865, a day Abraham Lincoln came to visit City Point hospital and so impressed a Confederate prisoner that he swore to not raise arms against the government again (see GLC05603.18). Relays that he cannot send autographs of the officers of the Maryland Regiments because he does not have them.
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