(CIVIL WAR) HOOKER JOSEPH Autograph Letter Signed

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(CIVIL WAR.) HOOKER, JOSEPH. Autograph Letter Signed, to General H. S. Huidekoper, arranging a visit, praising Bates's history of the Battle of Gettysburg, concerning manuscripts in his possession regarding that battle and Chancellorsville and hoping to attend the upcoming Centennial in Philadelphia. 4 pages, folded 4to sheet. Hot Springs, AK, 28 February 1876

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". . . I have regretted more than I can express [Bates] not having perused some manuscripts in my possession before writing his glorious work on Gettysburg. His Narrative as it now stands is magnificent, and he may be unwilling to change it on seeing the evidence I now have in my possession and which I think he has not yet seen . . ."