Oliver P. Morton to James F. Robinson
1863-06-05
- Date of Creation
- June 5, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- Guerilla Letters
- Box / Folder
- Document Box 1, Folder G. L. 1863
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-225-0028
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32213101
Citation
Oliver P. Morton to James F. Robinson, 1863-06-05, Guerilla Letters, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-225-0028 (February 6, 2026).
{INDIANA STATE SEAL}
STATE OF INDIANA
Executive Department.
Indianapolis,
Governor,
I write you at the request of some friends of Major Jno. W. Jordan who is now engaged in organizing a regiment of Kentucky Vols. at Covington Ky. He was Major of the 57th Inda for over a year, and is a good drill officer as well as an excellent disciplinarian, and was very popular in the regiment, they having made him a valuable present just previous to his resignation
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
over
Ex. Dept Indianapolis
Morton O. P.
Gov. Ind.
Recomdg Maj. Jordan
Military
Gov. Morton recomds Jordan
Oliver P. Morton