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Beale, James, fl. 1878 to William T. Sherman [Decimalized .01- .09]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09171 Author/Creator: Beale, James, fl. 1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1878 Pagination: 9 letters Order a Copy

Nine letters to William T. Sherman about Gettysburg, in response to inquiries made by Hooker regarding Col. Batchelder's published "isometric view" of the battlefield. "Whether Batchelder's 'sold out' to Howard I know not, but importing a whole Confederate division from the realms of Fancy and locating them on Howard's Flank was a very great assistance to the latter in accounting for his troubles on July 1..."

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