Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901 [Jenks relates the chronological details of his military dismissal and reinstatement from memory]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02750.068 Author/Creator: Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy
Relates 2 July 1863 Notice of Dismissal charging him for missing a 4 May 1863 appearance before a military commission which he had not been notified of. States that he admitted Private James Briggs into service without knowing that he was physically unfit. Recounts his appearance before a Military Commission in Washington, D.C., which listened to his case and subsequently reinstated him to order.
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