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Civil War Letter to Confederate Colonel Hutchins 1861: Civil War Letter to Nathan L. Hutchins, Jr. dated July 12, 1861, just before Hutchins entered the 16th Georgia Regiment, and just three months after the war began with the bombardment of Fort Sumter,

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A hand written Civil War letter from 1862. There is a stamp in the top left corner of George B. McClellan who is an American Solider.

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Civil War letter

Name: Civil War letter
SKU: 152840454
Price: 100 USD
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