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to Edward Davis Townsend

Smith, Rhode Island Governor, requests the original or certified copy of the enlistment of Private James A. Briggs to be used in the trial of Captain Ethan A. Jenks from Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

GLC02750.057

[Private Briggs' statement regarding his health and enlistment in the Seventh Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers]

Briggs states that several doctors' examinations' found him fit for military service before he was sworn in.

GLC02750.058

to Thomas M. Vincent

Signed by Vincent and returned to Jenks on 19 August 1863. Captain Jenks asks that Vincent, Assistant Adjutant General, inform him of the decision made concerning his case for reinstatement of command.

GLC02750.060

to Edwin M. Stanton

Jenks writes to Stanton, Secretary of War, regarding his pay between the date of his dismissal and the time he received notification of dismissal. Colonel Bliss confirms Jenks' claims.

GLC02750.061

[confirms the dates of Ethan A. Jenks' service in the Seventh Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers]

Colonel Daniels confirms the dates of Ethan A. Jenks' service and that Jenks did not receive his order of dismissal until 3 July 1863.

GLC02750.062

[statement regarding Captain Jenks' pay between the times of his dismissal and reinstatement from military service]

Walker signs as Justice of the Peace. Contains Jenks' statement that he was dismissed on 4 May 1863, but learned of this dismissal while in the field 3 July 1863. Jenks requests pay for the period between 4 May 1863 and 12 June 1863.

GLC02750.064

to Lorenzo Thomas

Captain Jenks writes to Adjutant General Thomas, requesting a copy of the 12 June 1863 special orders containing his military dismissal.

GLC02750.065

to Ethan A. Jenks

French, Second Auditor of the United States Treasury, transmits a certificate of payment (not included) to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. Stamped across the page by the Second Auditor's Office and dated June 1871.

GLC02750.067

to the United States Senate and House of Representatives

Jenks' statement claiming he was unaware of the order dismissing him from military service until he received the order in the field during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi

GLC02750.069

[confirms that James A. Briggs was unfit for military service at the time of enlistment]

Rex, a surgeon, confirms that Private James A. Briggs received a bounty though he only served in the military for one month.

GLC02750.070

to Abraham Lincoln

Captain Jenks requests that President Lincoln reconsider the 12 June 1863 order dismissing him from military service.

GLC02750.071

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 31 July 1863.

GLC02750.072

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 30 September 1863

GLC02750.073

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 30 November 1863

GLC02750.074

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 29 February 1864

GLC02750.076

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 31 March 1864 Written at Camp Burnside.

GLC02750.077

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 30 April 1864

GLC02750.078

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for June 1864

GLC02750.079

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for August 1864

GLC02750.080

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for October 1864

GLC02750.081

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for February 1865. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.082

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for April 1865.

GLC02750.083

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for March 1865. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.084

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for May 1865.

GLC02750.085

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage for December 1865.

GLC02750.086

[monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage]

Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage. 26 June 1865

GLC02750.087

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

Invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. September 1863

GLC02750.088

[invoice of equipage issued to Lieutenant Edwin L. Hunt]

invoice of equipage issued to Lieutenant Edwin L. Hunt. 14 October 1863

GLC02750.089

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. October 1863

GLC02750.090

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. October 1863. docketed November 1863

GLC02750.091

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. December 1863

GLC02750.092

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. February 1864

GLC02750.093

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. March 1864 Written at Camp Burnside.

GLC02750.094

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. April 1864

GLC02750.095

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 23 April 1864

GLC02750.096

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. May 1864

GLC02750.097

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. June 1864

GLC02750.098

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. September 1864

GLC02750.099

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. September 1864

GLC02750.100

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. December 1864 Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.101

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 1 February 1865 Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.102

[invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of equipage issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 10 February 1865 Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.103

[invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 10 March 1865 Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.104

[invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. April 1865

GLC02750.105

[invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 8 May 1865

GLC02750.106

[invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 6 June 1865

GLC02750.107

[invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

invoice of clothing issued to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. 22 June 1865

GLC02750.108

[clothing receipt roll]

Clothing receipt roll. Signed by one member of the Seventh Regiment and a witness.

GLC02750.110

to P. Sullivan

Colonel Bliss informs Second Lieutenant Sullivan that Private James Card is assigned on daily duty as a clerk.

GLC02750.112

[special orders no. 160]

Anderson, Assistant Adjutant General, authorizes a fifteen day leave of absence for Captain Ethan A. Jenks. By order of Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside.

GLC02750.113