Robert Ransom letter, 1879.

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Robert Ransom letter, 1879.

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In a letter (1879) to Major W. T. Walthall, Robert Ransom gives an account of a quarrel between General Joseph E. Johnston and Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner that took place at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., ca. 1855-1857.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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