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WOOL, JOHN E.

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WOOL, JOHN E.
(1784 - 1869) Union major general who fought off the Confederates at Fort Monroe and occupied Norfolk. War-date A.L.S. ""John E. Wool"" adding rank, 1p. oblong 8vo., Newport News, May 3, 1862, to Gen. Mansfield, in full: ""The permission of leave to Samuel Walker, corporal 5th Maryland is revoked"". Interestingly Cpl. Walker was taken prisoner during the Gettysburg campaign. Very good.