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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 [Approval of request for leave]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01911 Author/Creator: Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 Place Written: Lookout Valley, Tennessee Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: December 15, 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Hooker endorses an autograph letter signed on verso from Captain Samuel B. Sherer, of Company K, 15th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, to William H. Perkins, Assistant Adjutant General for the 11th and 12th Corps. Sherer applies for twenty five day furloughs for Sergeant Daniel Rettis and Private Henry Wilson of Company K, 15th Illinois Cavalry. Reports that Rettis was recently informed of the death of his child and severe illness of his wife, and that Wilson is having trouble with the lessee of his farm. Hooker approves of the request. Autograph endorsement signed on verso of a document.

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
Sherer, Samuel B., 1838-1892
Perkins, William H., fl. 1863
Rettis, Daniel, fl. 1861-1864
Wilson, Henry, fl. 1863

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