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May 31 1861
Washington, D.C.

ROSECRANS, WILLIAM STARKE.

TO HIS WIFE.

4 p. holograph signed.

Comments on meetings with General Joseph Gilbert Totten, General Joseph King Mansfield, Colonel George W. Cullum, obtaining their recommendations; [discussion] of application for a commission, meeting with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; description of the activity during a false alarm in the defense of Washington.

Among individuals mentioned are: James Gilchrist Benton, Thomas B. Arden, William Buel Franklin, John D. Kurtz, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, (Joseph Jones) Reynolds, and (Richard S.) Smith.

ROSECRANS PAPERS
Box [?59 or 5g?] Folder 2
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