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    <abstract id="aspace_e45e2aa5d38fbb88586736f4703e0e98">Ten letters and one telegram concerning military and civilian activities in western Virginia from May to September, 1861. Correspondents include H. W. Benham, Robert E. Lee, George A. Porterfield (recipient), J. B. Anderson, Thomas M. Harris, J. D. Cox, Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, and F. W. Lander.</abstract>
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    <subject source="ingest">Civil War - West Virginia.</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50014834" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885</persname>
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