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Van Cleve, Horatio P., 1809-1891 [Van Cleve's General Orders No. 54]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.084 Author/Creator: Van Cleve, Horatio P., 1809-1891 Place Written: McMinnville, Tennessee Type: Manuscript document Date: 22 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Court martial document requiring Lieutenant Colonel Elhanan M. Mast to appear in court. Notes that the summons has been commanded by Major General Van Cleve and that the trial is for Colonel William C. Williams, 44th Indiana Volunteers. Signed by Ephraim A. Otis, Assistant Adjutant General to Van Cleve.

Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips, 1809-1891

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