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McCook, Daniel, 1834-1864 [McCook endorsement on recommendation of George F. Irvin, Company O, 52nd Ohio Volunteers, as clerk]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.11 Author/Creator: McCook, Daniel, 1834-1864 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 16 December 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Matthew L. Morrow, Acting Quartermaster of the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, recommends Irvin (possibly John F. Irvin) for the position of clerk to Captain Pratt, Assistant Adjutant General. Indicates that Irvin is "a splendid penman and clerk, and withal, a very fine young man..." General McCook endorses at the bottom of the page, imploring Colonel [Connell?] to find a man who would make a decent ordnance sergeant.

McCook, Daniel, 1834-1864
Morrow, Matthew L., 1824-?
Pratt, John, fl. 1862
Irvin, George F., 1836-?

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