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CIVIL WAR LETTER - 15th Illinois Cavalry - Denied Resignation at Fort Pillow TN!
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From the sellerCivil War letter written June 5, 1863 by William C McKinney, a Sergeant in the 15th Illinois Cavalry. He wrote his Captain (Hutchins) with a letter of resignation. But the Captain declined and demoted him from Officer status!
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