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Members of Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers [members of the seventh regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers express regrest regarding the dismissal of Captain Ethan A. Jenks]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02750.050 Author/Creator: Members of Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 2 July 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Members of the Seventh Regiment praise Jenks' service and object to his dismissal, stating that "His career has been marked by patient endurance and fair answering devotion to the cause of Our ... Country."

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1828-1901

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