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Item Code: 1259-18
Dated “United States Miltary Telegraph / War Department / Washington, D.C. Sept 16 1862. On government letterhead, one page, 7.75” x 9.5. Exhibits one very slight wrinkle. Else near fine.
Written during the 1862 Antietam Campaign. Text:
“Mr. Caldwell / Gen. McClelland desires that you push the repairs of the Hagerstown Telig line. He is anxious that no time be lost A.V. Colburn.”
Interesting sidelight on Federal communications on the eve of the Battle of Antietam. In protective sleeve. [jp][ph:L]
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