CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL MEADE AND OTHERS, CONCERNING AN OFFICER ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE: HEAD-QUARTERS, 7TH MARYLAND VOLS., RAPPAHANNOCK STA 23 AUGST, 1863. SIR, IN RESPONSE TO ENDORSEMENT ON ENCLOSED REPORT OF LT EGBERT COMDR OF MUSTERS 1ST ARMY CORPS, IN RELATION TO CAPT BRONNER, I HAVE THE HONOR RESPECTFULLY TO STATE, 1ST AS TO WHY THIS OFFICER LEFT HIS COMMAND THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO STATE THIS WITH CERTAINTY- THAT I UNDERSTAND FROM A CONVERSATION HAD WITH HIM, ON THE DAY HE LEFT CAMP, THAT HE DID NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES- THAT HE HAD BEEN MUSTERED OUT AS ADJUTANT OF THIS REGIMENT & MUSTERED IN AS CAPTAIN, SOME DAYS BEFORE, AND THAT HE HAD SINCE RECEIVED NOTICE, WHICH CAME
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Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.David M. Lesser, ABAA
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[4] pages, entirely in manuscript. The Letter, written neatly by a staff member, is signed in ink by Colonel Webster, who was a U. S. Congressman from Maryland during the War, and the organizer of the 7th Maryland Regiment, of which he served as a Colonel. The Letter ends in the middle of the third page. The rest of the document is taken up with signatures and brief remarks of officers in the chain of command. These include a partially printed document signed by Major General Meade. Some old folds, with expert repairs along the folds without text loss. Otherwise Very Good. The signatures and remarks include a partially printed document signed by Major General Meade. General Meade signs his name in ink, "Geo G. Meade." He forwards the Letter and accompanying comments to the Adjutant General of the Army, "With the request that this officer may be returned to his reg't for trial." He is identified as "Major General Commanding," on stationery printed in Gothic type, "Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac," and dated Aug 31, 1863.…
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- CIVIL WAR DOCUMENT SIGNED BY MAJOR GENERAL MEADE AND OTHERS, CONCERNING AN OFFICER ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE: HEAD-QUARTERS, 7TH MARYLAND VOLS., RAPPAHANNOCK STA 23 AUGST, 1863. SIR, IN RESPONSE TO ENDORSEMENT ON ENCLOSED REPORT OF LT EGBERT COMDR OF MUSTERS 1ST ARMY CORPS, IN RELATION TO CAPT BRONNER, I HAVE THE HONOR RESPECTFULLY TO STATE, 1ST AS TO WHY THIS OFFICER LEFT HIS COMMAND THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO STATE THIS WITH CERTAINTY- THAT I UNDERSTAND FROM A CONVERSATION HAD WITH HIM, ON THE DAY HE LEFT CAMP, THAT HE DID NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES- THAT HE HAD BEEN MUSTERED OUT AS ADJUTANT OF THIS REGIMENT & MUSTERED IN AS CAPTAIN, SOME DAYS BEFORE, AND THAT HE HAD SINCE RECEIVED NOTICE, WHICH CAME
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- [Meade, Major General George Gordon; and Colonel Edwin H. Webster]
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- AMERICANA, CIVIL WAR, LAW
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