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Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869 to Captain Stephen Dill Lee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09202 Author/Creator: Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 June 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Writes about sending troops to Virginia. "Capt. Walker has a company of about seventy-five men who are prepared as he says to be mustered into service...to fill up the vacancies in the 7th Regt...you are authorized to furnish them with the ordinary transportation to Manassas Junction."

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