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Good content A.L.S., 4pp. 8vo., Franklin Grove, IL, Apr. 2, 1862, written by a Union soldier to his brother, reading in part:"...I think as yet it hangs on a very slender point whether the War continues a long time or soon ends. There will probably be a very big battle fought down in Mississippi or Alabama in a few days. If we are successful I think the Western War will be nearly over. The opening of the Mississippi will follow as matter of course. And if McClellan does his duty a like result will follow a big fight near Richmond..." Four days after this letter was written, the Battle of Shiloh - the bloodiest battle in American history up to that time - occurred along the Tennessee River, solidifying the Union's advance into northern Mississippi. Very good to fine, with transmittal envelope.

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