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Clark, Rufus H., fl. 1862-1863 [Special orders no. 50 regarding the honorable discharge of Joseph C. Oliver]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08474.01 Author/Creator: Clark, Rufus H., fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 February 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Clark as Adjutant, Third Regiment Louisiana Native Guards. States that Oliver, Captain of Company E, Third Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards was mustered into the service by Major [Grotius Reed] Giddings 26 November 1862 and has received pay. Marked as an extract and written at Headquarters Department of the Gulf.

Clark, Rufus H., fl. 1862-1863
Giddings, Grotius Reed, ?-1867
Oliver, Joseph C., fl. 1863

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