Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, who was serving as military governor of Louisiana, wrote to Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, adjutant general of the U.S. Army, accepting a commission as brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers.
Shepley noted that the General Order giving him the commission failed to note that when he became a brigadier general, he was colonel of the 12th Regiment Maine Volunteers.
Shepley was a Portland lawyer and judge.
The letter is a copy of the one he sent Thomas.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Gen. Shepley on new commission, New Orleans, 1863
- Creator: George F. Shepley
- Creation Date: 1863-06-02
- Subject Date: 1863
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 19.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 3/3
- Collection: George Foster Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Military service, Voluntary
- Promotions
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Career plateaus
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864)
- Recruiting & enlistment--1860-1870
- Military service--1860-1870
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