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Ruggles, George D. (George David), ?-1904 to Thomas McParlin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02649.28 Author/Creator: Ruggles, George D. (George David), ?-1904 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 30 June 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Ruggles as AAG, by command of Major General Meade. A printed order relieving McParlin of his duty as the Colonel and Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and ordering him to report to the Surgeon General, as a result of the break up of the Army of the Potomac. Written on "Special Order" stationery of the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac with autograph emendations in an unknown hand. Special Order No. 165.

Ruggles, George D. (George David), ?-1904
McParlin, T. A. (Thomas Andrew), 1825-1897

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