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Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889 [Recommendation regarding Company C, 1st New York Artillery]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.08 Author/Creator: Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 July 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 7.8 cm Order a Copy

Also signed by General Fitz John Porter. Requests that the Governor of New York suggest the commission of Lieutenant [Oscar] Von Luttwitz as First Lieutenant, Company C., 1st New York Artillery, commanded by Major [Albert] Arndt. Luttwitz will fill a vacancy formerly occupied by Lieutenant Fred August Schnitzlein, who has been absent on sick leave for more than one month. Notes that Schnitzlein has sent a resignation, and that Luttwitz's appointment "will prevent the discharge or the acceptance of the resignation... " General Porter forwards and recommends Luttwitz's appointment.

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Von Luttwitz, Oscar, 1822-?
Arndt, Albert, 1821-?
Morgan, Edwin Denison, 1811-1883

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