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September 12, 1862
Smith, Edmund Kirby, 1824-1893
to John Hunt Morgan
Ordering Morgan to defend Nicholasville and Bryantsville, near Lexington, Kentucky. Written in pencil.
GLC01049
August 10, 1863
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914
to John S. Preston
Confederate general Buckner asks Colonel Preston to have some letters of General John Hunt Morgan's wife sent to Confederate President Jefferson Davis to be forwarded to Morgan, who was in a Union prison camp in Ohio. Partial docket on verso; lower...
GLC01050
November 8, 1863
Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
to James B. McPherson
Confederate General Adams sends two men, under a flag of truce, to visit their brother, who was being held in Vicksburg as a spy. Asks Union Major General McPherson for permission for them to attempt to obtain proof of their brother's innocence.
GLC01051
7 September 1864
Hampton, Wade, 1818-1902
[Endorsement on petition for a dentist to join the Confederate Army]
Endorsement on Marx E. Cohen's request to the Surgeon General of the Confederate States to provide " 'Dental Surgery' " to the Confederate Army in the field. WIth several signatures approving the request and several signed annotations on the verso...
GLC01052
September 28, 1788
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to John Polson
Replies to a letter from Polson delivered by Captain Samuel Milford, stating that he did not receive a letter Polson claimed to have sent. Reports that all information regarding Polson's land on the Great Kanawha River is communicated through...
GLC00967
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