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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 496

1863-11-07

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Date of Creation: November 7, 1863
Place of Creation: Washington, District of Columbia
Document Genre: Order
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls
Box / Folder: Box 46, Bundle 1
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-033-0044
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FTP Identifier: 32212534

Mentioned in this document

People: Townsend, Edward Davis; Babcock, Horace; Breck, Samuel; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places: Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations: 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.); United States War Department
Dates: 1863-11-07; 1863-09-06

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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 496, 1863-11-07, 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-033-0044 (November 12, 2026).

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, November 7th, 1863.
SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 496.
(Extract.)

8. So much of Special Orders, No. 406, September 6th, 1863, from this Office, as discharged Assistant Surgeon Horace Babcock, 2d Kentucky Volunteers, on account of physical disability, and for absence without leave, is hereby so amended as to omit the charge of absence without leave, he having furnished satisfactory evidence that he was absent by proper authority.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL:
Saml. Breck
Assistant Adjutant General.

Governor of Kentucky

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