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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01740.05.03 Author/Creator: Place Written: Goldsboro, North Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 4 April 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.4 cm Order a Copy

Written on printed Head Quarters, Department of North Carolina, Army of the Ohio stationery. Grants General Nathaniel Collins McLean a leave of absence, "with permission to proceed to Cincinnati and await the action of the War Dept on the tender of his resignation." Issued by Major General John McAllister Schofield. Signed by Schofield's assistant adjutant general, whose signature is illegible. Contains an endorsement on verso, from the same date, also signed by the assistant adjutant general, who notes "The Q M Dept will furnish transportation to Washington, D.C. to Gen McLean..."

McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905
Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906

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