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Hayes, Thomas (1839-1863) [Board survey report on a box of clothing]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.151 Author/Creator: Hayes, Thomas (1839-1863) Place Written: Raleigh, West Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 2 May 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Board survey report requested by Colonel Eliakim P. Scammon, Colonel Commanding the 3rd brigade in special orders no. 118. Signed by Thomas Hayes, 1st Lieutenant, Co. A, 30th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Henry Rowan Brinkerhoff, 1st Lieutenant, Co. E. 30th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Peter S. Soden, 2nd Lieutenant, Company F., 30th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Details the number of shoes in a box transferred from Captain and Assistant Quarter Master John Levering to R. S. Gardner, Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Quarter Master for the 3rd Brigade.

Hayes, Thomas, 1839-1863
Brinkerhoff, Henry Rowan, 1836-1921
Soden, Peter S., b. 1828
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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