Letter from E.D. Townsend, Special Order No. 610, November 22, 1865
File — Box: MS 014-5-01, Folder: MS 014-5-01-33
Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-5- file MS 014-5-01-33
A Special Order revoking Special Order No. 338 and allowing Col. Bowen to be honorably discharged from the service.
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Transcription:
Special Orders, No. 610
War Department, Adjutant Generals Office Washington, November 22d, 1865
(Extract.)
13. By direction of the President, so much of Special Orders, No. 338, June 28, 1865, from this Office, as dismissed Colonel Thomas M. Bowen, 13th Kansas Volunteers, (Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers,) is hereby revoked, and he is honorably discharged the service of the United States, of the date (June 28th) of the aforesaid order, with condition that he shall received no final payments, until he has satisfied the Pay Department that he is not indebted to the Government.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.
Official: [Signature] E. D. Townsend Assistant Adjutant General.
Bvt Brig Genl Thomas M. Bowen thru General Vincent
[sideways on page] St. Louis Mo. Dec 26, 1865 Paid in full George L. Febiger Paymaster U.S.A.
[Back - Handwritten in pencil]: Final discharge
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Transcription:
Special Orders, No. 610
War Department, Adjutant Generals Office Washington, November 22d, 1865
(Extract.)
13. By direction of the President, so much of Special Orders, No. 338, June 28, 1865, from this Office, as dismissed Colonel Thomas M. Bowen, 13th Kansas Volunteers, (Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers,) is hereby revoked, and he is honorably discharged the service of the United States, of the date (June 28th) of the aforesaid order, with condition that he shall received no final payments, until he has satisfied the Pay Department that he is not indebted to the Government.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.
Official: [Signature] E. D. Townsend Assistant Adjutant General.
Bvt Brig Genl Thomas M. Bowen thru General Vincent
[sideways on page] St. Louis Mo. Dec 26, 1865 Paid in full George L. Febiger Paymaster U.S.A.
[Back - Handwritten in pencil]: Final discharge
Dates
- November 22, 1865
Extent
From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet
Creator
- From the Collection: Johnson, Timothy (Person)
Repository Details
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