Ricketts, James Brewerton, 1817-1887 to Edwin Morgan
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.10 Author/Creator: Ricketts, James Brewerton, 1817-1887 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 June 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
General Ricketts writes from the Headquarters of the 2nd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, near Manassas, to Morgan, Governor of New York. Recommends the appointment of John A. [Veress?] to Colonel Adrian R. Roots's 94th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Writes, "I am enabled to judge, without making any invidious comparisons, that a competent field officer must be found beyond the limits of the regiment..."
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