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Cooper, James, fl. 1864 Special field orders no. 144

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.029 Author/Creator: Cooper, James, fl. 1864 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 9 November 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 26 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Captain James Cooper. Details Lieutenant John McKinley Gibson to the 13th La Vols. for 60 days. Written on a printed form with titled Head Quarters Army of Tennessee, Special Orders form. Docket on reverse signed by Assistant Adjutant General Hugh H [Bien]. Was written near Atlanta, Georgia.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

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