Letter
John W. Riely to Epwarp Bostick, March 30, 1865
Ricumonp, Va.
Ricumonp, Va., March 30, 1865.
Capt. Epwarp Bostick, Company FE, Twenty-siath South Carolina Volunteers:
Srr: You are hereby authorized to raise a battalion of four companies of negro troops in the State of South Carolina, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 138, 1865, as promulated in General Orders, No. 14, Adjutant and Inspector General’s
ffice, current series. You are allowed sixty days to raise the battalion and will be detached from your command for that purpose by your commanding general.
By command of the Secretary of War:
JOHN W. RIELY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SpEecIAL ORDERS, ApstT. AND Insp. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 78. Richmond, April 1, 1866.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SpEecIAL ORDERS, ApstT. AND Insp. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 78. Richmond, April 1, 1866.
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XIV. Col. K. Otey, Eleventh Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is
assigned to duty at Lynchburg, Va., with authority to recruit, muster,
Orders, No. 14, current series.
XIV. Col. K. Otey, Eleventh Regiment Virginia Volunteers, is
assigned to duty at Lynchburg, Va., with authority to recruit, muster,
Orders, No. 14, current series.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Location: Ricumonp, Va..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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