Lorenzo Thomas was an American officer in the United States Army who was Adjutant General of the Army at the beginning of the American Civil War. After the war, he was appointed temporary Secretary of War by U.S. President Andrew Johnson, precipitating Johnson's impeachment.
SPECIAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, January 27, 1863. No. 43. Washington, January 27, 1863. XVIII. Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Sullivan, captain and commissary of subsistence, is hereby…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, January 27, 1863. No. 43. Washington, January 27, 1863. XVIII. Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Sullivan, captain and commissary of subsistence, is hereby…
GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, February 2, 1863. No. 26. Washington, D. C., February 2, 1863. The district of country north of the Potomac River from Piscataway…
Near Vicksburg, February 3, 1863. DEAR Stig: As it is now proper I will explain to you certain things which I think you ought to know to enable you to…
Saint Louis Saint Louis, February 4, 1863. Brig. Gen. BEN. LOAN, , Commanding Central District of Missouri, Jefferson City : Sm: I have the honor to inform you that the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQBRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.âS OFFICE, February 23, 1863. No. 88. Washington, February 23, 1863. VII. The Court of Inquiry, convened by Special Orders, Nos. 350…
GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, March 16, 1863. No. 66. Washington, March 16, 1863. Il. Brig. Gen. D. P. Woodbury, U. S. Volunteers, is relieved from duty…
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF EXCHANGE, New Orleans, January 30, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, and in compliance with the request…
HEADQUARTERS OFFICE OF EXCHANGE, New Orleans, January 30, 1865. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 13th instant, and in compliance with the request…