Letters [microform], 1862 Nov. 18-1864 Oct. 11.

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Letters [microform], 1862 Nov. 18-1864 Oct. 11.

Letters from Hood, mostly from Fort Pickering, Tenn., to his wife.

0.17 linear ft. (ca. 200 items)

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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