[Letter] 1864 February 12, Washington, [D.C.] / H. Wilson.

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[Letter] 1864 February 12, Washington, [D.C.] / H. Wilson.

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Holograph signed. Henry Wilson's response to a letter, commenting on the reenlistment and resignation of commissioned officers. The letter refers to further communication with a Major Vincent? of the War Dept.

l leaf ; 19 cm.

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Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

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Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States (1873–75) and a senator from Massachusetts (1855–73). Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading Republican, and a strong opponent of slavery. Wilson devoted his energies to the destruction of the "Slave Power" – the faction of slave owners and their political allies which anti-slavery Americans saw as dominating the country. Originally a Whig, Wil...