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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 238

1865-05-18

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Date of Creation: May 18, 1865
Place of Creation: Washington, District of Columbia
Document Genre: Order
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents
Box / Folder: Box 7, Folder 7th Ky. Inf. - Misc.
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-024-0036
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FTP Identifier: 32212428

Mentioned in this document

People: Townsend, Edward Davis; Stanton, Edwin McMasters; Gilbert, James M.; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places: Louisiana; Morganza, Louisiana; Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations: 22nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.); 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.); Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.); Commonwealth of Kentucky; United States Army; United States War Department
Dates: 1865-05-18; 1864-07-12

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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 238, 1865-05-18, 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-024-0036 (November 12, 2026).

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 238.} WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, May 18th, 1865.

(Extract.)

19. So much of the sentence of the General Court Martial, convened by Special Orders, No. 5, Headquarters, U. S. Forces, Morganzia, Louisiana, of July 12th, 1864, in the case of Private James M. Gilbert, 7th Kentucky Veteran Volunteers, (formerly Company "D," 22d Kentucky Volunteers,) as requires him to make good the time lost by absence without leave, is remitted.

By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL:
E D Townsend
Assistant Adjutant General.

Governor of Kentucky.

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22 Infy

7^th Vet Inf
late D 22^d Inf
Gilbert James M, Private

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remitting sentence of Court Martial which makes good time lost by absence — without leave.