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John Bankhead Magruder requisition(1861 July 9)

  • MS 1951.2
  • Microfilm: M-1561
  • 1 item

Special requisition No. 40 for steel pens, inkstands, envelopes, papers and wafers for the use of Magruder and his staff. Materials issued by R[obert] J. Morrison at Williamsburg, [VA] on 10 July 1861. Printed form with manuscript insertions.

John Bankhead Magruder (1807–1871) was a West Point graduate (class of 1830) and a Confederate officer. He was in charge of the defenses of the Virginia York River / James River peninsula in 1861–62.

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