Telegram signed : Rhea's Mill, Arkansans, to Maj. Gen. S.R. Curtis, 1862 Dec. 10.

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Telegram signed : Rhea's Mill, Arkansans, to Maj. Gen. S.R. Curtis, 1862 Dec. 10.

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Asking for Sanitary Commission supplies for his hospital where there are 1500 wounded.

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