Letter 1862 April 23.

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Letter 1862 April 23.

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Cresson writes his father in Philadelphia and states that weather has prevented Union troop movements. He believes the April 12 edition of the Evening Bulletin describing the Battle of Shiloh gives too much credit to Grant and not enough to Buell and understates the Union losses.

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