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Stackhouse, J., fl. 1864 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.084 Author/Creator: Stackhouse, J., fl. 1864 Place Written: New Baltimore, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 November 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 27.5 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Writes from camp. States he has been unable to write because he has been marching every day since he received her last letter. His colonel told him that he cannot get a description list unless sent for by a doctor. Asks Ogden to retrieve the papers sent to him from the hospital so that he will be able to obtain a discharge from the army.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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