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Bartlett, William C. (fl. 1862) to William Hays

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.009 Author/Creator: Bartlett, William C. (fl. 1862) Place Written: Sharpsburg, Maryland Type: Letter Date: 27 October 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21 x 13.6 cm. Order a Copy

Order for Hunt, Hays, Bronson and Michalowski to meet at 5th Corps Headquarters, per order of Court of Inquiry. Lt. Bartlett was later breveted general. Lt. Col. Hays, an artillery officer under Hunt, was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in November 1862.

Lieutenant Bartlett was later breveted to General. Hunt served as Chief of the Artillery for the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.

Bartlett, William C., fl. 1862
Hays, William, 1819-1875
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

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