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Rice, James C., 1829-1864 to C. B. Mervin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04182.04 Author/Creator: Rice, James C., 1829-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 August 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Written from Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps. Informs Captain [Mervin?], Assistant Adjutant General, that he was appointed Brigadier General, as informed by a letter signed 17 August 1863 by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Resigns as Colonel of the 44th Regiment, New York Volunteers to accept the appointment.

Rice, James Clay, 1829-1864
Mervin, C.B., fl. 1863
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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