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Halpine, Charles G., 1829-1868 Special orders no. 263

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02458.08 Author/Creator: Halpine, Charles G., 1829-1868 Place Written: Hilton Head, South Carolina Type: Autograph document signed Date: 10 May 1863 Pagination: Order a Copy

Special order granting a leave of absence for thirty days to Colonel James D. Fessenden, Aide de Camp. "By command of General Hunter". Also signed by Fessenden. Full length engravign of Halpine included as collateral.

Halpine, Charles Graham, 1829-1868
Fessenden, James Deering, 1833-1882

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