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- GLC#
- GLC02463.13-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 October 1861
- Author/Creator
- McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885
- Title
- to Secretary of War Simon Cameron
- Place Written
- Arlington, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 26 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
General McDowell, commanding Division of the Potomac, writes to Cameron, Secretary of War. Recommends Captain James A. Hardie, 5th Artillery, for appointment as assistant inspector general. Writes "He is, beyond question, one of the most competent persons for the place in the Army and in every way worthy of it. He has no equal in many qualifications which he possesses for a staff officer."
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