Autograph telegram signed : "U. S. Flag Ship Minnesota," to Gideon Welles, [1863 July?].

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Autograph telegram signed : "U. S. Flag Ship Minnesota," to Gideon Welles, [1863 July?].

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Reporting the arrival of the "Circassion" with news of the expected reduction of Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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