Edwin Metcalf to Horace W. Love et al., 6 January 1863
Hd Qrs 3d R.I. Art'y
Jany 6th 1863.
 
Gentlemen,
                        I wish to have you agree upon some mode of determining your relative rank in the regiment. The one acted on heretofore, and I think a perfectly just & proper one, is to take rank according to date of appointment as Sergeant, the 1st sergeant taking precedence of the last in regard of position. Let me know if this is acceptable.
 
Truly
Yr Col. & Friend
Metcalf
 
To
Lieut    Love
            Wheeler                                             
            Gardner                                               
            Thompson                                           
            Batchellor
 
 If you assent to this arrangement, endorse Yes sign & return— /
 
Yes      Love
W. Wheeler
Yes.     Clarence T. Gardner.
Yes      O A Thompson
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DATABASE CONTENT
(13283)DL1869.026199Letters1863-01-06

Tags: Leadership (Soldiers' Perceptions of)

People - Records: 4

  • (4667) [writer] ~ Metcalf, Edwin
  • (4748) [recipient] ~ Love, Horace Warren
  • (4749) [recipient] ~ Gardner, Clarence Tripp
  • (4750) [recipient] ~ Thompson, Osceola Adolphus
SOURCES

Edwin Metcalf to Horace W. Love et al., 6 January 1863, DL1869.026, Nau Collection