Robert S. Garnett letter to Grace Fenton Garnett Hunter [manuscript] [18]41 Dec. 27.

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Robert S. Garnett letter to Grace Fenton Garnett Hunter [manuscript] [18]41 Dec. 27.

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Garnett, Buffalo, N.Y., writes to his sister Grace Fenton Garnett Hunter, Belmont, Loudoun County, Va., of his new regiment, his captain John Macrae Washington; of Buffalo's citizens and social life; and military life. Other soldiers mentioned include Samuel Chase Ridgely, Edmund Bradford, John C. Pemberton, and John Porter McCown.

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Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881

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