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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 393

1865-07-24

Date of Creation
July 24, 1865
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
Box / Folder
Box 14, Folder 1st INDEPENDENT BTRY LT. ARTY OFFICERS
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0002-038-0050
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32212588
People
Johnson, Andrew
Townsend, Edward Davis
Stanton, Edwin McMasters
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Sinclair, William H.
Places
Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations
1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.)
Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.)
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky
United States Army
United States War Department
Dates
1865-07-24
1865-07-03
1863
1865-07-03
1865-08-04
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Citation

Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 393, 1865-07-24, 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-0002-038-0050 (November 12, 2026).

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 393. } WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, July 24th, 1865.
(Extract.)

26. The following named officer, (published officially July 3d, 1865,) having failed to appear before the Military Commission, instituted by Special Orders, No. 53, series of 1863, from the War Department, within the prescribed time, the President directs that they be dismissed the service of the United States, to date July 3d, 1865, for the causes set opposite their respective names: —

Absence without leave.

1st Lieutenant William F. Sinclair, 1st Battery Kentucky Light Artillery.

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

OFFICIAL:
E D Townsend
Assistant Adjutant General.

Governorof Kentucky

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1 Indpt Batty Arty

Sinclair Wm F.
1' Lieut

Order

dismissing him from service.

Encd

Recd A. G. O.Aug 4, 1865.