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Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 to Elisa Bragg, his wife

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08369 Author/Creator: Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 July [1862] Pagination: 1p. + docket Order a Copy

"The whole work has to be done over . . . Genls. Lee, Huger & Magruder are too slow, as we were at Shiloh, and the fruits are lost for want of vigorous pushing . . ."

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