Wallen, Henry Davies, 1819-1886 [Handwritten copies of documents pertaining to the Adjutant General Department's continued rejection of Wallen's requests]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04742 Author/Creator: Wallen, Henry Davies, 1819-1886 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: circa November 1863 Pagination: 10 p. : Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy
Contains responses to Wallen's repeated requests to see action in the Army of the Potomac, and his belief that he was not promoted because he was a Southerner (he was born in Georgia, and served in Florida before the Civil War). The manuscript includes copies of letters and an inserted printed copy of General Order No. 28. Dates of letters span from 8 January 1862- November 1863. Includes Wallen's order to New Mexico, the decline of his appeal to be relieved from his assignment in New Mexico, the application of General John C. Frémont to assign Wallen to his department (and the rejection of this application by the Secretary of War), and other applications on Wallen's behalf. All were denied. General Orders No. 28 relieve Wallen of service in New Mexico, reassigning him to Fort Sumner. In closing, Wallen writes, "I have made no application to shirk from duty but simply to join my Regiment or be connected with Troops in the field- My applications are on file in the War Dept- I have never, in nearly twenty four years service, been repremanded, arrested, or censured in any manner; & I ask, from any unprejudiced mind, if I have been treated with proper consideration by the Adjutant General of the Army." Bound at the top with string.
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