Raynors HCA 2019-01
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GORDON, George Henry (1823-1886) was an American lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War. War-date Union general Autograph Letter Signed “Geo. H. Gordon Brig. Genl. Comdg. Folly Island” 2pp. quarto, addressed to U.S. Senator Henry Wilson, Folly Island, South Carolina, August 26, 1864, and reads in part: “...Since May 1864 we have simply gained Morris Island, a sandy tract four miles long, a few hundred yards wide. Gillmore’s operations have not rendered the taking of the city of Charleston possible. Charleston can be taken by Grant better than by Gillmore. Sumter is stronger than ever. Our shells do no material injury to Charleston...Gillmore’s work has cost the Govt. more than one hundred and twenty millions of dollars...Let colored troops garrison such points as it is desirable to hold. Leave a small garrison in Morris Island, and then send from here more than twenty thousand good white troops (verterans) to Grant or Meade. We have seen that united are better than divided forces... I speak for the public good...” Fine condition.
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