Letter
T. C. Thompson to Respectfully forwarded, June 26, 1864
HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND CORPS,
June 26, 1864.
June 26, 1864. Capt. THomas C. THOMPSON,
CAPTAIN: You will immediately place the color bearer of your national colors (the missing one) under arrest, and prefer charges against him for misbehavior before the enemy. By command ot Brigadier-General Mott: W. M. P. SHREVE, Lieut.. Asst. Commissary of Musters, and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Hpgrs. SEVENTH REGIMENT NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS, In the Field, June 27, 1864. Respectfully returned. I would state that the color bearer as well as forty-four other men vere taken prisoners with the colors.
Very respectfully, &c.,
T. C. THOMPSON,
Captain, Commanding Regiment.
[Second indorsement. ]
Hpagrs. THIRD BRIG., THIRD Div., SECOND CORPS,
Captain, Commanding Regiment.
[Second indorsement. ]
Hpagrs. THIRD BRIG., THIRD Div., SECOND CORPS,
June 27, 1864.
Respectfully forwarded.
R. McALLISTER,
Colonel Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers, Comdg. Brigade.
Respectfully forwarded.
R. McALLISTER,
Colonel Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers, Comdg. Brigade.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Captain Thompson reports that the color bearer and forty-four men were captured with the colors, responding to orders to arrest the missing color bearer for alleged misbehavior before the enemy.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1
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