Barlow, Francis C. (Francis Channing) (1834-1896) to Edwin Denison Morgan
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02465.03 Author/Creator: Barlow, Francis C. (Francis Channing) (1834-1896) Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Written before Yorktown. Barlow writes as Lieutenant Colonel, 61st Regiment, New York Volunteers. Informs Morgan, Governor of New York, that by an order of the War department, that the resignation of
Henry A. Gates, 2nd Lieutenant of Company G, was accepted 17 April 1862. Requests to appoint Cornelius Haggart to fill the vacancy caused by Gates's resignation as soon as possible.
The Battle of Yorktown took place 5 April- 4 May 1862. Morgan served as Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862. Barlow was appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers in September 1862, and Major General in August 1864.
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