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US CIVIL WAR DESERTER LETTER, POLK'S BATTERY, 1862

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US CIVIL WAR DESERTER LETTER, POLK'S BATTERY, 1862

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Description

ALS, to Major General Polk, January 24, 1862, Hickman, Kentucky. Reads "I send in charge of Lieutenant Tyler a man who represents himself as Linius Dunn, a deserter from Captain Polk's Battery. I can get no handcuffs here and curse equally and unable to obey....... Charles Brown, Major, 47th Reg. Tennessee Vols. Written on a half sheet of lined paper.

Condition

Paper looks quite good for the age, with only some light ink smearing and the document was previously folded with lines showing. h. 5.375", w. 7.562"

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US CIVIL WAR DESERTER LETTER, POLK'S BATTERY, 1862

Name: US CIVIL WAR DESERTER LETTER, POLK'S BATTERY, 1862
SKU: 169998086
Price: 100 USD
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