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To Milroy From BF Kelley Dec 5 1862

Description: Kelley instructs Milroy to keep a tight control over his troops, to prevent looting and destruction of property. He also asks that Milroy repair the telegraph line between Petersburg and Romney, West Virginia.
Origin: 1862-12-05
Created By: Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/Milroy/id/498
Collection: General Robert H. Milroy
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Subjects: Cumberland (Md.)
Petersburg (W. Va.)
Moorefield (W. Va.)
Romney (W. Va.)
Communications, Military
Telegraph lines
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862

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