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Cilley, Clinton A., 1837-1900 [Discharge by special order for Eleazer Sarsons as a volunteer sergeant in the Civil War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.08 Author/Creator: Cilley, Clinton A., 1837-1900 Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Printed document signed Date: 14 July 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Called "Special Orders No. 121." Honorably discharges Sarsons so he could "accept a commission then tendered to him by the Governor of New Hampshire." Issued "By Command of Brevet Major General Ruger." Partially printed document from the Headquarters of the Department of North Carolina, with two stamps from the auditors office, one from the treasury department, and some later notes and underlining in pink ink. Cilley was the assistant adjutant general.

Cilley, Clinton A., 1837-1900
Sarsons, Eleazer L.,1836-?

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