Letter

T. C. Thompson to Respectfully forwarded, June 26, 1864

HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, SECOND CORPS,

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,
June 27, 1864.
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.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 40, Part 1 View original source ↗