Cilley, Clinton A. (1837-1900) [Discharge by special order for Eleazer Sarsons as a volunteer sergeant in the Civil War]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.08 Author/Creator: Cilley, Clinton A. (1837-1900) Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Printed document signed Date: 14 July 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Called "Special Orders No. 121." Honorably discharges Sarsons so he could "accept a commission then tendered to him by the Governor of New Hampshire." Issued "By Command of Brevet Major General Ruger." Partially printed document from the Headquarters of the Department of North Carolina, with two stamps from the auditors office, one from the treasury department, and some later notes and underlining in pink ink. Cilley was the assistant adjutant general.
Clinton A. Cilley was awarded medal of honor 12 July 1895 for having seized the colors of a retreating regiment and leading it into the thick of the fight at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia on 20 Sept 1863.
Captain Eleazer Sarsons joined Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment as a private in 1861 and later served as the First Sergeant in the Company F, 4th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment.
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