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(ANTIETAM BROADSIDE)

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(ANTIETAM BROADSIDE)
A great war-date broadside by Union General George McCellan, 1p. folio, Sharpsburg, [Md.], Sept. 27, 1862, thanking the governor of Pennsylvania for calling out the state's militia during the Confederacy's first invasion of Maryland. In full: "I beg leave to avail myself of almost the first moment of leisure I have had since the recent battles, to tender to you my thanks for your wise and energetic action in calling out the militia of Pennsylvania for its defense when threatened by a numerous and victorious army of the enemy. Fortunately circumstances rendered it impossible for the enemy to set foot upon the soil of Pennsylvania, but the moral support rendered to my army by your action was none the less mighty. In the name of my army and for myself, I again tender to you our acknowledgments for your patriotic course; the manner in which the people of Pennsylvania responded to your call and hastened to the defense of their frontier, no doubt exercised a great influence upon the enemy". Written shortly after the battle of Antietam, McClellan expresses thanks in a way that shows why his soldiers so much loved and admired him. Very minor folds, else near fine.