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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.231 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | Letter from the Secretary of War |
| Date | 1880 |
| Author | U.S. Senate |
| Additional authors | Alex Ramsey, Robert N. Scott, George W. McCrary, A.P. Tasker, William Preston Johnston, W.M. Polk, Elise B. Bragg, H.T. Crosby, Marcus J. Wright. |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war." Includes letters from Alex Ramsey, Secretary of War, Robert N. Scott, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel of the U.S. Army, George W. McCrary, Secretary of War, and others. Lists battle reports and a catalog of Confederate military papers. |
| Subjects | Battle Congress Confederate States of America Civil War Military History Government and Civics Law Confederate General or Leader |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |