Letter
C. W. Foster to H. A. Oakman, May 10, 1864
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C., May 10, 1864.
Lieut. Col. H. A. OAKMAN,
Thirtieth Regt. U. S. Colored Troops, Clarksburg, W. Va.: Sir: By direction of the Secretary of War you will report fo orders and instructions to Lieut. Col. Joseph Darr, jr., First Virginia Cavalry, superintendent volunteer recruiting service, Wheeling, W. Va. You will furnish Lieutenant-Colonel Darr with a list of the officers under your command, giving name and rank, and he will make such disposition of them as shall seem to him best calculated to promote the interests of the recruiting service in Western Virginia. All instructions heretofore given you inconsistent with the above are hereby revoked.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. W. FOSTER,
Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers.
Assistant Adjutant-General of Volunteers.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. C.. Summary: C. W. Foster directs Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Oakman to report to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Darr for reassignment of his officers to support volunteer recruitment efforts in Western Virginia during 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 37, Part 1
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