Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 to Edward Davis Townsend
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03946 Author/Creator: Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872 Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 12.6 cm. Order a Copy
Major General Meade requests information regarding "the organization of the Division of Colored troops formerly belonging to the 28th Corps" from Townsend, the Assistant Adjutant General. Inquires regarding the status of the command of Brigadier General Payne (possibly Charles Jackson Paine). Instructs Townsend to send his reply to Major General [Thomas Howard] Ruger. Written in ink with several pencil notations.
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