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Allen, William Wirt, 1835-1894 [Endorsement on verso of letter from Captain J. Gardner]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01929 Author/Creator: Allen, William Wirt, 1835-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Endorsement signed Date: 24 March 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

In an autograph letter signed, Captain J. [D.?] Gardner writes to M. G. Hudson (possibly Marcellus G. Hudson), Acting Assistant Adjutant General for General Gabriel Colvin Wharton's corps. Gardner requests that several men from his company, now serving in another battery, be ordered to return to their command. Major V. M. Elmore signs on verso, noting that this request has been forwarded and approved. Also on verso, Colonel D. T. Blakey and General William Wirt Allen approve and forward Gardner's request. J. Warren Grigsby, Colonel and Chief of Staff, reports that the soldiers Gardner mentioned will be immediately returned to their command.

Allen, William Wirt, 1835-1894
Elmore, V. M., fl. 1865
Grigsby, J. Warren, fl. 1865
Blakey, D. T., fl. 1865
Wharton, Gabriel Colvin, 1824-1906
Hudson, Marcellus G., fl. 1865

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