Kilpatrick, A.E., fl. 1876 to Blanche Kelso Bruce
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.066 Author/Creator: Kilpatrick, A.E., fl. 1876 Place Written: Pierre, South Dakota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 12, 1876 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.5 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
2nd Lieutenant Kilpatrick was writing the Senator to request help transferring from the 17th Infantry into the 7th Calvary due to a vacancy through the death of an officer in the Calvary. He is writing the senator since he is from Mississippi, and Bruce helped him to gin his commission in the army. There is a note that says he has also written to Senator Alcorn, also a representative of Mississippi. Written at Fort Sully.
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