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BIRNEY, WILLIAM

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BIRNEY, WILLIAM
(1819 - 1907) Union brigadier general who fought at 2nd Bull Run, Chantilly, and Fredericksburg. He also led a Negro division in the 10th Corps. A.L.S. ""William Birney"" 3pp. 8vo., Gainesville, Aug. 18, 1873 to A.A.G. Goforth, in part: ""àthe deposition of N.C. Briggs is a remarkable document. Not a word of truth in it, as far as the injury to the Wyoming on the Ashepoo Expedition is concernedàD. V. Purvingtonàwas a quarter master in the Dept. of the South and may know exactly the condition in which the Wyoming came from the Ashepoo Expedition. He is a man of verity and if he says that the W. was beached and repaired after the expedition, I shall think myself mistakenà"". Very good.