 CIVIL WAR MARYLAND ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN GENERAL ORDER DISMISSING 2 AWOL OFFICERS For Sale
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CIVIL WAR MARYLAND ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN GENERAL ORDER DISMISSING 2 AWOL OFFICERS:
$125.00
An original Antietam Campaign General Order, issued at HQ Army of the Potomac, Knoxville, Maryland, Oct 24, 1862, charging Lt Maross Jenkins, 97th New York Volunteers & LT SC Horn, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves (33rd Pennsylvania Infantry) with leaving their units days before the Battle of Sharpsburg, and so absenting themselves from the battles of South Mountain & Antietam, and dismisses both from the service, by order of Major General McClellan. . A scarce Knoxville, Maryland, Civil War General Order. 2pp ptd 8 x 5". 2 punch holes in left margin, age stains, overall VG. Comes w service info- Both officers were dishonorably discharged from the service the same day. The top of the front page denotes "G.C.M. 12th Army Corps". I got this 30 or so years ago as part of a group of Army of the Potomac General Orders from the family estate of an officer of the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry which served with distinction with the 12th Army Corps including the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.
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