Headquarters, Department of the Gulf,
New Orleans, January 25th 1864
Special Orders
No. 21 [Extract.]
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17. In compliance with Section X. of an act of Congress, approved July 22nd, 1861, a Military Commission is hereby appointed to meet at the Head Quarters of the 13th Army Corps, on Monday the 25th day of January, 1864, or as soon thereafter as practicable to examine into the capacity, qualifications, propriety of conduct, and efficiency, of such commissioned Officers of Volunteers, within this Department belonging to the 13th Army Corps, as may be reported to it by the Commanding Officer of said Corps.
Detail for the Commission
Joshua J Guppey, Colonel 23d Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
William Sinclair, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Inspector General, 13th Army Corps
Maurice Maloney, Major 1st United States Infantry
By command of Major General Banks /
(Signed) George B Drake
Assistant Adjutant General
Official
J. Schuyler Crosley
Acting Assistant Adjutant General
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