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Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 [General orders no. 2 placing Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside in command of the Department of North Carolina]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06600 Author/Creator: Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 7 January 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 12 cm Order a Copy

Apparently unbound from a larger volume. Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General, signs general orders no. 2, issued by Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General, by command of Major General George B. McClellan.

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
McClellan, George B., 1826-1885
Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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