Autograph letter, 1863 July 9.

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Autograph letter, 1863 July 9.

Autograph letter signed from Buchanan, while camped at Hagerstown, Md., to his sister describing his actions with the Army of Northern Virginia including crossing the Potomac River, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the retreat back to Virginia.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8060081

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The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America's Eastern Theater. Organized on June 20, 1861, as the Army of the Potomac, it soon incorporated the armies of the Shenandoah, Harpers Ferry, and the Northwest. The army's name changed to Army of Northern Virginia on March 14, 1862. It surrendered to the Northern Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. From the description of Confederate States of America, Army of ...