Letter, October 5, 1863.

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Letter, October 5, 1863.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/650826826

Letter to Major General James B. McPherson, written from Vicksburg, Mississippi, concerning issuing rations to destitute citizens in the Vicksburg area.

3 p.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Cox, John Cooke, 1817-1872.

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Cox, a native of Pennsylvania, was a lawyer, farmer, and railroad executive. He served as captain and then lieutenant colonel, Commissary of Subsistance for the Union 17th Corps. Cox was brevetted Brigadier General as of July 4, 1863. From the description of Letter, October 5, 1863. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 650826826 ...

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

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McPherson was born in Clyde, Ohio. He attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853, first in his class, which included Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, and John Bell Hood; Hood would oppose him later in the Western Theater. McPherson was directly appointed to the Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. For a year after his graduation he was assistant instructor of practical engineering at the Mi...