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Otey, John M. (fl. 1862-1865) Returns of the Army of Tenn Commanded by Gen. J.B. Hood for period ending Jany 20 '65

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00841.02 Author/Creator: Otey, John M. (fl. 1862-1865) Place Written: Tupelo, Mississippi Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 20 January 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Table of present and absent for each section of John Bell Hood's army. More that three fourths of the men listed as absent. Written just after the battle of Franklin, where the Army of Tennessee suffered heavy losses.

John Otey was General Hood's aide and an Assistant Adjutant General.

Otey, John Marshall Warwick, 1839-1883
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879

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