Letter: Boston, [Mass.], to [H.W.] Halleck, 1863 Sept. 26.

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Letter: Boston, [Mass.], to [H.W.] Halleck, 1863 Sept. 26.

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Requests information concerning battle of Gettysburg to to use in preparation for his address at the Gettysburg cemetery dedication given prior to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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