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- GLC#
- GLC02649.34-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 November 1866
- Author/Creator
- Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
- Title
- to Thomas McParlin
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : envelope Height: 26 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Printed letter, with a stamped signature of Sec of War Edwin Stanton, informing McParlin of his appointment to Brevet Brigadier General "for meritorious services during the war." With some writing in an unknown secretarial hand. Asks for his acceptance of the brevet along with his oath, age, birthplace, and state of residence. On stationery of the War Department. Accompanied by a small document printing Army Regulation 1031 about requirements for affidavits. Envelope, addressed to McParlin, printed "Adjutant General's Office, Official Business, Assistant Adjutant General" and signed by AAG Samuel Breck.
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