William Richard Caswell letters, 1846-1847 [manuscript].

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William Richard Caswell letters, 1846-1847 [manuscript].

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Letters written from Mexico during the Mexican War by Capt. W. R. Caswell of Tennessee, aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, addressed to Ephraim H. Foster and Thomas Hord in Tennessee, describing camp life and the progress of the war.

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