Letter
E.D. Townsend to Horatio G. Wright, July 7, 1865
Washington
Washington, July 7, 1865.
Maj. Gen. H. G. Wright, U. S. Volunteers,
Commanding Provisional Corps:
General: The Secretary of War directs that all the remaining volunteer troop of your command be mustered out of service. The musters out, discharges, am payments will be made under the regulations promulgated in General Orders, Nc 94, current series, from this office.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this and forward without delay a list o the organizations, giving therein, for each, the strength, present and abseni
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Memoranda.— See General Orders, No. 116, of June 17, for the discharge c
certain enlisted men of the Veteran Reserve Corps.
certain enlisted men of the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Editor's Notes
From: Union Correspondence, Vol. 5. Location: Washington. Summary: E. D. Townsend instructs Maj. Gen. H. G. Wright to promptly muster out all remaining volunteer troops under his command and submit detailed strength reports per War Department regulations.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series III, Volume 5
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