Autograph letter signed : "Adjutant General's Office" Washington, D.C., to Commodore A.A. Harwood, 1863 Sept. 12.

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Autograph letter signed : "Adjutant General's Office" Washington, D.C., to Commodore A.A. Harwood, 1863 Sept. 12.

Saying that Gen. Meade reports two captured U.S. steamers sunk by Gen. Kilpatrick at Point Conway.

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Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

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Edward Davis Townsend (August 22, 1817 – May 10, 1893) was Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1869 to 1880. The son of David S. & Eliza (Gerry) Townsend and grandson of Vice President Elbridge Gerry, Townsend was educated at Boston's Latin School before graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1837. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Second U. S. Artillery and served as that regiment's adjutant and participating in the Second Seminole War and the relocati...

Harwood, A. A. (Andrew Allen), 1802-1884

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American naval officer. From the description of Autograph telegram signed : [n.p.], to the Secretary of the Navy, 1863 Jan. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508980 Harwood joined the Navy in 1818 as a midshipman. He was promoted to Commodore in 1862 and was in charge of the Washington Navy Yard. He was promoted to rear admiral on the retired list in 1869 and died in 1884. From the description of Letter, January 9, 1862. (Naval War College). WorldCat record i...