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Turner Ashby accepts the resignation of McDonald as adjutant of the regiment and notes the high regard in which he holds McDonald personally and professionally. Camp Evans (present-day Halltown, West Virginia). 1861.
Transcription
Camp Evans 18th Nov 1861 Lt. A.W. McDonald Jr. Sir Yours of the 12th inst resigning the Adjutancy of the Regiment has just come to hand. In accepting your resignation I beg leave to assure you of the kind regard I hold for you personally as well as of the high appreciation I have always entertained of your merit as an officer and a soldier & hoping that the kindly relations which have heretofore subsisted may continue. I remain Your friend & Servt. Turner Ashby
Creation Date
11-18-1861
City
Halltown
County
Jefferson County
State/Province
West Virginia
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1828-1862
Keywords
Camp Evans, 18 November 1861, 1861, Ashby Turner, Adjutancy of the Regiment, A.W. McDonald Jr., Halltown, Virginia, West Virginia, Confederate States Army
Resource Identifier
080428-60
Date Digital
April 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Military History | United States History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Ashby, Turner, "Letter from Turner Ashby in which he accepts the resignation of Lt. A.W. McDonald, Jr. as adjutant of the regiment. Camp Evans, 1861." (1861). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 225.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/225
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