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Abner Doubleday Endorsed ALS NY 21st Regiment

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Abner Doubleday Endorsed ALS NY 21st Regiment
<B>Abner Doubleday Endorsed Letter From E. D. Morgan, Governor of New York to Secretary of War Edward Stanton.</B></I> One page with multiple endorsements, in ink, 7.75” x 9.75”, Albany, New York, September 16, 1862, to Secretary of War Edward Stanton. A letter from Edwin D. Morgan, governor of New York to Secretary of War Edward Stanton expressing concern that the 21st Regiment of New York Volunteers might be consolidated with other units. In reads in part: “<I>Some fear is expressed by the people of Buffalo that the Twenty-first Regiment N.Y. Volunteers may be consolidated with some other organization…A committee of prominent gentlemen of that city <B>uffalo have called upon me today and they assure me that active measures are being taken to forward new companies to the Twenty-first. I would particularly request that no action be had with reference to this Regiment for the present at least. I am, with much respect Your obdt. Servant. E. D. Morgan</B></I>”. The letter is then forwarded through a number of channels within the army for action. Noteworthy among the military endorsements are signatures of Abner Doubleday as Brigadier General, Brigadier General John Fulton Reynolds later killed by a rebel sharpshooter at Gettysburg, Brig. Gen. Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, and Lt. Colonel (later Brig. General) James A. Hardie. It is the latter that makes the final endorsement as adjutant to Major General George B. McClellan. The final word on the fate of the regiment reads: “<I>Respectfully forwarded to the Ajt. General for the information of his Excellency the Governor of New York. It will be noticed that the term of this regt expires in May next as does that for nearly every other two year regiment from New York. It is therefore recommended that in filling up the New York Regts with drafted men, the vacancies in the three year regiments be filled before those of the two year regts</B></I>”. The document is in very good condition with fold marks, lightly toned with a few small stains not affecting text. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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