Loomis, Gustavus, 1789-1872 to Lorenzo Thomas
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00319.02 Author/Creator: Loomis, Gustavus, 1789-1872 Place Written: Fort Columbus, New York Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 11 June 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : endorsement signed Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy
Transmits correspondence from Confederate Colonel Charles H. Olmstead to Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War (see GLC00319.01) concerning the alleged violation of the surrender terms of Fort Pulaski. Autograph endorsement signed by Major General David Hunter, 7 July 1862, from Hilton Head, South Carolina stating it was received 27 June 1862 and referred to Hunter for report on instructions from Stanton. Hunter then endorses the letter on 7 July 1862 from Hilton Head, South Carolina and states that, "The surrender of Fort Pulaski was unconditional. Capt. Gillmore had no authority from me to make any terms of capitulation." Loomis signs as Colonel, 5th Infantry. He would later be brevetted brigadier general. Hunter, an 1822 graduate of West Point, was commissioned major general of volunteers in 1861. He is most noted for his 1862 proclamation to free enslaved people in Confederate states, which was rescinded by President Lincoln.
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