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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 360

1864-10-22

Date of Creation
October 22, 1864
Place of Creation
Washington, District of Columbia
Document Genre
Order
Repository
Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection
Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents
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Box 14, Folder Officers - Btry A 1st Light Arty
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0002-038-0017
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Dates
1864-10-22
1863-06-27
1864-11-01
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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 360, 1864-10-22, Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. 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-0002-038-0017 (December 10, 2025).

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 360.} WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, October 22d, 1864.
(Extract.)

22. Upon the report of a Board of Officers, convened by Special Orders, No. 285, June 27th, 1863, from this Office, the following officers are hereby honorably discharged the service of the United States, on account of physical disability, with condition that they shall receive no final payments, until they have satisfied the Pay Department that they are not indebted to the Government: —
1st Lieutenant John H. Mellen, 1st Kentucky Battery.

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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1: Batty

Mellen Jno H
1 Lieut

Order

honorably discharging him the service —

Recd A G. O. Novr 1. 1864