Gen. Hunter Liggett's letter on the Battle of Little Big Horn. 1937.

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Gen. Hunter Liggett's letter on the Battle of Little Big Horn. 1937.

Typescript memorandum from War Dept. Office of the Chief Signal Officer and the Historical Division, Army War College, Fort Humphries, D.C. Photocopy negative of letter written by Gen. Hunter Liggett, from San Francisco, Ca., Sept. 23, 1921.

[5] p. ; 30 cm.

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