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Savannah Georgia

Aug. 19, 1886

Isaac R. Pennypacker

Editor Weekly Phil Press

Dear Sir

I send you a letter received from Captain F.A. Donaldson 118 P.V. and ask that you publish it, with my reply thereto, if you do not object.

Incidents like these mentioned go strongly to corroborate each narrative; and it is incidentally brought out that Genl. Sickles troops were so badly defeated that their place had to be supplied by men from other commands, and it is done in a way to carry conviction that it was so - thus these digressions from a stridently military record, go not only to prove the record but relieve the dull monotony of a narrative where only the movements of troops are told.

I have written Capt D. that my intentions were to write and ask you to publish his letter, and he will hardly object if my reply to him goes with it -

Very Respectfully

L McLaws

Creation Date

8-19-1886

City

Savannah

County

Chatham County

State/Province

Georgia

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1821-1897

Keywords

Lafayette McLaws

Date Digital

6-24-1886

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | Political History | Social History | United States History

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Letter: Lafayette McLaws to Isaac R. Pennypacker, August 19, 1886

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