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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06588.241 Author/Creator: Place Written: Arlington, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 October 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 13 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

The letting is engraved with a picture with the title "Storming a Battery." He writes this is nothing but a picture, in reality it is not that bad. The men are against Col. Dewitt and in favor of Holly. During a bad storm, he and Willard took shelter in a church. Written at Upton Hill

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