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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08266 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 August 1863 Pagination: Order a Copy

Describing relocation of hospital facilities from Mt. Jackson to Staunton, Virginia, reporting Lee's military reinforcement of General Imboden and Colonel Jackson's protection of the General Hospital. "We have had a great deal of excitement here about the Yankees, Oh, I tell you most every thing in the shape of a man has been out with his musket ready for them...". Incomplete.

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