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Americana at Stair 18th & 19th Century Fine and Applied Arts

Sat, Mar 11, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Mar 12, 2017 12:00PM EDT
Lot 234

FOUR CIVIL WAR LETTERS FROM UNION OFFICERS

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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One inscribed "Office of Chief-of-Arty-Army of the Potomac...Sept. 4 '61...William F. Barry Brig Genl'; another from Wm. Motley 24, Sept. 1861, addressed to Lord Palmerston; another a copy from J.M. McClintock dated Dec. 9th 1864; and the last 'Head Quarters Cavalry Middle Military Division February 5, 1865'.