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Letter from Georgia Governor Joseph Brown to T. Butler King Concerning Purchasing Fire Arms
02/12/1861
Letter from Governor John Andrew of Massachusetts to the Secretary of War
11/9/1863
Letter from Henry Mason to Captain W. W. Winship
10/18/1864
Letter from Hoboken Mayor L. W. Elder to Provost Marshall E. N. Miller
7/13/1863
Letter from J. W. Quiggle to General Giuseppe Garibaldi Regarding Garibaldi's Intention to Join the Army of the North
6/8/1861
Letter from Jefferson Davis to General Robert E. Lee Asking Advice on Who Will Replace General Joseph Johnston
7/12/1864
Letter from John Boston to His Wife Elizabeth
1/12/1862
Letter from Johnny Bartlett Regarding the Engagement Between the CSS Ram Manassas and the USS Richmond
10/12/1861
Letter from Lieutenant General Winfield Scott to Secretary of War Simon Cameron Requesting Retirement from the Army
10/31/1861
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