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[Letter from Lieutenant General Longstreet, November 28,1862]

Description: General Order No. 52. When waiting for action on an application for leave, no one can make a personal application to support the application for leave. Also no applications will be accepted unless sent through the proper channels, no personal deliveries of applications.
Date: November 28, 1862
Creator: Longstreet, Lt. Gen.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Lieutenant General Longstreet, December 16,1862]

Description: General Order No. 114. Commanders are to make sure that provisions are at hand, ammunition and transportation. Officers are to take care of their men and soldiers are to obey their officers.
Date: December 16, 1862
Creator: Longstreet, Lt. Gen.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Lieutenant General Longstreet, December 18,1862]

Description: Lt. Gen. Longstreet expresses his gratitude for those troops of 1st Army Corps. for their firm resistance to the enemy in the Battle of the 13 December, 1862 near Fredericksburg VA.
Date: December 18, 1862
Creator: Longstreet, Lt. Gen.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Lieutenant General Longstreet, December 29,1862]

Description: General Orders No. 55. A complete list of officers and men with the information if he had had furlough since his service, when, and for what length of time, also the case of absence of the individual and who gave permission.
Date: December 29, 1862
Creator: Longstreet, Lt. Gen.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from J. Y. Visbet, January 12, 1863]

Description: Letter that certifys that Col. William H. ?orney is unable to to discharge military duty in consequence of a gunshot wound. The doctor also believes that he will not be able to continue work as a soldier.
Date: January 12, 1863
Creator: Visbet, J. Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from G. W. Sorrell, February 7, 1863]

Description: General Orders No. 7. Military leaves were put on hold, unless otherwise directed, to days or hours.
Date: February 7, 1863
Creator: Sorrell, G. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from John H. Caldwell, February 21, 1863]

Description: John Caldwell has obtained leave of absence for sixty days. The reason for the leave of absence was because they would not let him retire and gave him the absence only if officers could be found to run his command. He wanted his captain to take command but the department would not allow it. Even if he had been granted retirement, it would have ended the same with a temporary command. He was able to acquiesced Dr. Col. Cunningham, a West Point graduate and a gentlemen to take the temporary comma… more
Date: February 21, 1863
Creator: Caldwell, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Hamilton K. Redway to Loriette C. Redway, February 1, 1864]

Description: Letter from Hamilton K. Redway to Loriette C. Redway which discusses his next assignment during the war. He also notes that he has been on a tour down river and has had his photograph taken. He states that he will send one to Loriette, but warns her that his likeness appears "cross as usual." He sends his love to his children and his family in the letter's closing. The letter was written while Redway was at Camp Stoneman and is dated February 1, 1864.
Date: February 1, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Hamilton K. Redway to Loriette C. Redway, April 14, 1864]

Description: Letter from Hamilton K. Redway to Loriette C. Redway which discusses that Redway longs to receive letters from Loriette. He details that his regiment is being moved, but does not have additional information about the location they are moving to. He asks Loriette to write anyways regardless of their move and tells her to take care of herself. He sends his love to his children in the letter's closing. The letter was written while Redway was stationed near Martinsburg,West Virginia.
Date: April 14, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter of Notification Regarding John Duger, May 4, 1864]

Description: Letter from the Provost Marshal's Office, addressed to the commanding officer of Company F, 1st Regiment, New York Cavalry Vols. regarding John Duger. Text of letter: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that John Duger of your Company was reported at this office, from the Carlisle District, Pa., as a Deserter from the U. S. Army, May 2nd, 1864. He was this day forwarded to Baltimore en route to his Regiment. Cost of Arrest....$30.00 " Transportation....$2.10 Total to be charged....#32.10 T… more
Date: May 4, 1864
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter of Notification Regarding William W. Wilson, May 4, 1864]

Description: Letter from the Provost Marshal's Office, addressed to the commanding officer of Company F, 1st Regiment, New York Cavalry Vols. regarding William W. Wilson. Text of letter: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that William W. Wilson of your Company was reported at this office, from the Carlisle District, Pa., as a Deserter from the U. S. Army, May 2nd, 1864. He was this day forwarded to Baltimore en route to his Regiment. Cost of Arrest....$30.00 " Transportation....$2.10 Total to be charge… more
Date: May 4, 1864
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from O. G. Bacon to Hamilton K. Redway, June 8, 1864]

Description: Letter from O.G. Bacon to Hamilton K. Redway which discusses the the current happenings in Bacon's life and in the county he lives in. He tell Redway of a job offer he has taken and of the bountiful wheat and fruit crops. Bacon furthers that the two should continue to correspond to one another. In the letter's closing, he and his wife send their love to Redway's wife and family. Bacon wrote this letter to Redway while he was living in Rheatown, Tennessee.
Date: June 8, 1864
Creator: Bacon, O. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from E. D. Comstock Special Order, July 1, 1864]

Description: By the recommendation of Lieut. H. K. Redway Corporal Joseph Freeman is reduced to the ranks for absence and disability. Private Lovejoy is promoted to be Corporal via Freeman reduced.
Date: July 1, 1864
Creator: Comstock, E. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Van Buren to Lieutenant Hamilton K. Redway, July 5, 1864]

Description: Letter from Paymaster General Van Buren to Lieutenant Hamilton K. Redway on July 5, 1864. Van Buren enclosed with this letter copies of the enlistment of Andrew M. Anderson, Franklin Jewell, and Philander O. Shaw. Van Buren states in this letter that there is no enlistment paper for Andrew B. Kelly.
Date: July 5, 1864
Creator: Van Buren
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Hamilton K. Redway, August 17, 1864]

Description: Redway certifies that in accordance with General Order No. 22, he sent valise containing his company books and records to Martinsburg West Virginia for storage. Redway believes that it was captured by the enemy on July 3, 1864, so Redway was unable to make out his returns.
Date: August 17, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Hamilton K. Redway, August 17, 1864]

Description: Redway certifies that in accordance with General Order No. 22, he sent valise containing his company books and records to Martinsburg West Virginia for storage. Redway believes that it was captured by the enemy on July 3, 1864, so Redway was unable to make out his returns.
Date: August 17, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from E. D. Comstock Special Order, August 30, 1864]

Description: By the recommendation of Lieut. H. K. Redway Corp. Ananias B. Cammeron is reduced to the ranks for absence and Private Patrick Houlihan to be promoted to Corporal in his stead.
Date: August 30, 1864
Creator: Comstock, E. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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