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Language
English
Abstract
A two page ALS from A(llen) T. Caperton, a Confederate Senator and resident of Union, Monroe County to Major General John
Breckinridge praising the latter's military capabilities. Caperton quotes another officer who remains anonymous that "on every
field Gen. Breckinridge was splendid. I have never been associated with a greater man. His removal from us has been a great
misfortune to the army. I fear it is not yet at an end . . . If he ranks below any one it is Gen. Lee."
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], A.T. Caperton, Civil War Letter Regarding Confederate General John Breckinridge,
A&M 3167, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.