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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Bowdlear, Samuel G. A.L.S. to Austin C. Wellington; Boston, 1864 February 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 70
Call Number: MS 3929
Scope and Contents

More discussion of volunteers and enlistment/reenlistment numbers. Mention of the escape of prisoners from Libby Prison in Richmond, and the movements of General Sherman's forces in Mississippi and Alabama. News of Walter Chapman -the nephew of Mr. Green, of Bowdlear & Green Flour Merchants- and his engagements in the fighting. Assessment of a rumored plan to attack New Orleans. 2 s. (8 p.) With transcription.

Dates: 1864 February 26