Description: November 18th, 1863 General Meade Special Orders No. 291 RE: Chaplain Warren H. Cudworth, 1st MASS Infantry - Distributing monies collected for Soldier Families General Meade sends Chaplain Warren H. Cudworth of the 1st MA Infantry to Washington D.C. for 48 hours to distribute monies collected for soldiers' families: “Head Quarters Army of the Potomac November 18, 1863 Special Orders No. 291 Extract The following officers are authorized to proceed to Washington for the purpose of expressing thence certain monies intrusted to them to the families of Soldiers in the Army. Their absence will not exceed 48 hours. Chaplain W. H. Cudworth 1st Mass. Vols. By command of Major Genl. Meade Fd. S. Williams [Seth Williams] a. a. Genl.” Document is then forwarded to Major and a.a.g. John Mason Norvell, Major and a.a.g. Charles Hamlin, and Capt. and a.a.g. Chaplain Cudworth was a graduate of Harvard and was very active in aid to soldiers and their families. Research on all the soldiers listed in this General Order included with purchase. Shipping to lower 48 states USA only - Thanks for looking at my auctions
Price: 50 USD
Location: Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-08T22:00:41.000Z
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Theme: Militaria
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
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