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Captain Prentiss Fogler forwards enlistments per General Order 191
Captain Prentiss Fogler forwards enlistments per General Order 191.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Joseph Linscott requests a transfer to the Navy
Joseph Linscott requests a transfer to the Navy
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Gilmore describes Chamberlain's wounding at Petersburg
Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore writes from Washington, D.C. to General John L. Hodsdon describing Chamberlain's wound, his promotion to Brig. General, his merit as a soldier, and the names of the men Chamberlain recommends for promotion "His wound is a very severe one and a very dangerous one, and the surgeons are by no means certain of saving his life."
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Special Order 263 discharging Corporal Leighton J. Folsom to accept appointment in the US Colored Troops
Special Order 263 discharging Corporal Leighton J. Folsom to accept appointment in the US Colored Troops (USCT)
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Lieutenant Addison W. Lewis recommends LaForest P. True for promotion
Lieutenant Addison W. Lewis writes to D.L. Milliken in the Maine Legislature recommending LaForest P. True for promotion
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Special Order 364 transferring David Patton and John Creighton to active service
Special Order 364 transferring David Patton and John Creighton to active service
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions in Companies E and K
Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions in Companies E and K for Mattson Sanborn and Joseph Fuller.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Joseph Fitch recommends Sergeant Joseph Walker, Jr. for promotion to Lieutenant
Joseph Fitch recommends Sergeant Joseph Walker, Jr. for promotion to Lieutenant
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Major Ellis Spear writes to John Hodsdon regarding petitions for promotions
Major Ellis Spear writes to John Hodsdon regarding petitions for promotions
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


N.H. Bragg inquires about bounty for George Richardson
N.H. Bragg inquires about bounty for George Richardson
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment