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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 to Captain Estes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04182.02 Author/Creator: Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Written from camp near Falmouth, Virginia. Ames, Colonel of the 20th Regiment, Maine Infantry. Requests to be relieved from further duty as Assistant Commissary of Musters for his division. Reports that his duties as a mustering officer greatly interfere with his duties as Regimental Commander. To Estes as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac.

Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933

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