Letters: Cairo, Ill., to [Henry W.] Halleck, 1862 Feb. 7 and 9.

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Letters: Cairo, Ill., to [Henry W.] Halleck, 1862 Feb. 7 and 9.

Describes battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee; favors Paducah, Kentucky as a supply depot over Cairo, Illinois; comments on U. S. Grant, James McPherson and G. T. Beauregard.

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