Letcher, John, 1813-1884 to the Council

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GLC#
GLC00642
Type
Letters
Date
May 15, 1861
Author/Creator
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
Title
to the Council
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 29 cm, Width: 23 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

States that Colonel Fauntleroy outranked General Robert E. Lee in the United States Army and feels Fauntleroy is entitled to be commissioned nothing lower than a brigadier general in the Provisional Army. With endorsement of P. F. Howard, secretary of the Council approving the nomination. Says "…I regret that I cannot concur in the recommendation made by the Council in the case of Colonel Fauntleroy. If I am correctly informed, Col Fauntleroy ranked General Lee in The United States Army, & if this is so, it seems to me, that he is justly entitled to the commission of a Brigadier General in the Provisional Army…."

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