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- GLC#
- GLC04179
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 August 1863
- Author/Creator
- Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914
- Title
- to Lorenzo Thomas
- Place Written
- Brunswick, Maine
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Chamberlain, Colonel of the 20th Regiment, Maine Volunteers, reports his address as Brunswick, Maine to Thomas, Adjutant General, United States. Encloses a required certificate from his surgeon (not included). Writes, "On the 29th of July 1863 I was ordered to report for medical treatment & surgeon R. O. Abbott USA at Washington, upon whose certificate of disability I had leave of absence for fifteen days dated Aug 4th 1863." Is incapable of joining his regiment.
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