<p>White paper with typed black text and a handwritten signature</p>
<p>Amite, Louisiana
November 15, 1966.
Mr. George F. Emery, Director
Gettysburg Battlefield,
National Park Service,
P. O. Box 247,
Gettysburg, Pa. 17325
Dear Mr. Emery;
Thank you so much for so cordially receiving Mr. Donald Mac Phaill and me on our visit to you last week. It was a pleasure to meet the man who is in charge of such an historic area. I failed to make a note of the other gentleman’s (Tilberg) name – I know that he was called ‘Doctor’ and is a well known historian – but please thank him for his graciousness.
Enclosed is a copy of a letter from Mrs. Paul M. Campbell, Minden, Louisiana, which explains itself. Minden is a very fine town in the northwestern portion of our state some 30 miles from the city of Shreveport and some 300 miles from Amite. We were all glad to learn of the efforts being made there for the erection of a monument to our Louisiana Confederates.
If, as and when that monument is realized it is the sincere and justifiable desire that it be alloted space where the valiant men from our state fought. I think that it should be on the spot in which they reached on July 2, 1863. I know that this is not quite in keeping with that which has been done before. However, I also realize that all of us, both North and South, pay taxes --- quite willingly – to maintain the Battlefield and that monuments to Confederates should be, and should have been, erected where those men fought. After all, if the Army of Northern Virginia had not have been there Gettysburg would be a rather forgotten little town. I gathered the feeling that you agree on this.
When the time for the action arrives I hope that I may be among those who go to confer with you. It will be my pleasure to see you again.
Sincerely,
[Signed]
J. Wallace Kingsburg.</p>
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