Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879 to Robert Seldon Garnett
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.03 Author/Creator: Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879 Place Written: Ashland, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Chilton writes to Colonel Garnett, Adjutant General of Virginia forces in Richmond, Virginia. Relates, "I have the honour, in consequence of appointment in Army of the Confederate States, to resign my commission as Colonel of Cavalry in the Provisional Army of the State of Virginia."
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