Draft of orders, April 25, 1863.

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Draft of orders, April 25, 1863.

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Unsigned draft of orders assigning Colonel Frederick A. Starring, of the 72nd Illinois Infantry, to command of the post at Richmond, Louisiana, April 25, 1863.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1863).

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McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

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McPherson was born in Clyde, Ohio. He attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Ohio, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1853, first in his class, which included Philip H. Sheridan, John M. Schofield, and John Bell Hood; Hood would oppose him later in the Western Theater. McPherson was directly appointed to the Corps of Engineers with the rank of brevet second lieutenant. For a year after his graduation he was assistant instructor of practical engineering at the Mi...

Starring, Frederick A., 1834-1904.

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