Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight (1809-1862) to Henry Wager Halleck
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02456.19 Author/Creator: Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight (1809-1862) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 31, 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23.3 x 18 cm. + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 21.7 x 14.5 cm + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 22.2 x 13.7 cm Order a Copy
Written from the Willard Hotel. Mitchel writes to Halleck, commander in chief of the United States Army: "In obedience to the orders of the Secretary of War, I report to you for duty." Two bust engravings of Mitchel included as collateral.
Edwin M. Stanton served as United States Secretary of War 1862-1868.
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