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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 300

1865-06-13

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Date of Creation: June 13, 1865
Place of Creation: Washington, District of Columbia
Document Genre: Order
Repository: Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
Collection: 11th Ky. Cav (US) Muster Rolls
Box / Folder: Flat Storage Box: 11th Ky Cav (US) Muster Rolls, Bundle 8
CWGK Accession Number: KYR-0002-227-0052
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FTP Identifier: 32213218

Mentioned in this document

People: Townsend, Edward Davis; Stanton, Edwin McMasters; Whittlesey, Joseph; Bramlette, Thomas Elliott
Places: Kentucky; Knoxville, Tennessee; Tennessee; Washington, District of Columbia
Organizations: 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.); Adjutant General's Department (U.S.A.); Camp Nelson, Kentucky; Commonwealth of Kentucky; Department of the Ohio; Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army; Office of the Adjutant General of Kentucky; United States War Department
Dates: 1865-06-13; 1864-10-27; 1865-06-19

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Edward D. Townsend, Special Orders, No. 300, 1865-06-13, 11th Ky. Cav (US) Muster Rolls, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-227-0052 (November 12, 2026).

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
No. 300. } WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, June 13th, 1865.
(Extract.)

55. The unexpired portion of the sentence of the General Court Martial, promulgated in General Orders, No. 92, Headquarters, Department of the Ohio, Knoxville, Tennessee, of October 27th, 1864, in the case of Sergeant Joseph Whittlesey, Company "I," 11th Kentucky Cavalry, is remitted. He will be released from confinement at the Military Prison, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, (where he is now supposed to be.) and returned to duty with that regiment.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation.

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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11 Cav^y

Whittlesey Joseph
Serg^t

Order

remitting sentence of Court Martial and ordering him to return to his Regiment for duty.

Rec^d A. G. O. June 19, 1865.