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24 June 1862

Sayles, Welcome B., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Sayles requires Jenks to report new recruits to the Providence Headquarters of the Rhode Island Volunteers

GLC02750.003

16 August 1862

Sayles, Welcome B., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Sayles orders Jenks to assume command of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers.

GLC02750.004

20 August 1862

Sayles, Welcome B., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Colonel Sayles orders Jenks to report recruits to Corporal A. C. Eddy at Camp Bliss, Rhode Island.

GLC02750.005