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to Lorenzo Thomas

Schenk, writing from the Middle Department, encloses a Certificate of Disability for Private James A. Briggs (not included). Attention is invited to surgeon George Rex.

GLC02750.046

to John Sullivan

Obeying special orders from the War Department, Colonel Bliss relieves Captain Ethan A. Jenks from duty.

GLC02750.047

to Lorenzo Thomas

Colonel Bliss informs Adjutant General Thomas that Captain Ethan A. Jenks knew nothing of "Fraudulently enlisting a Private in his Company who served but one Month and drew bounty." Bliss attests to Jenks' character and requests reconsideration of...

GLC02750.048

to John Parke

Colonels Arnold and Bliss inform Major General Parke that guards will accompany Captain Ethan A. Jenks to Cairo, Illinois

GLC02750.049

[members of the seventh regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers express regrest regarding the dismissal of Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

Members of the Seventh Regiment praise Jenks' service and object to his dismissal, stating that "His career has been marked by patient endurance and fair answering devotion to the cause of Our ... Country."

GLC02750.050

[dates related to Ethan A. Jenks' dismissal]

Written on a small notebook, this sheet lists the chronology of Jenks' dismissal.

GLC02750.051

[certificate granting Jenks permission to ride as a passenger on any steamboat in Cairo, Illinois not exclusivley in governmental service]

Also signed by Deputy [?] Swenney. Wagner Swayne signs as Provost Marshal.

GLC02750.052

to Edwin M. Stanton

Smith, Governor of Rhode Island, informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that "the first notice Captain Jenckes [Ethan A. Jenks] received of the commission on the charge made against him was the order dismissing him."

GLC02750.053

to Abraham Lincoln

Smith, Governor of Rhode Island, informs President Lincoln that "the first notice which Captain Ethan A. Jenks received of the commission on the charge made against him was the order dismissing him from Service, while on duty at the Siege of...

GLC02750.054

to John G. Nicholay

Sanford, U. S. Marshal, requests that General Nicholay, Private Secretary of President Lincoln, assist Captain Ethan Jenks in delivering an Executive Communication from Rhode Island Governor James Y. Smith. States that the Communication (not...

GLC02750.055