Thomas L. Kane autograph letter signed to Edward M. Stanton, 1862 August 13

Item — Box: 22, Folder: 7

Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 5 Sub-Series 3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, from Thomas L. Kane to Edward M. Stanton, draft “not sent,” LeRoy Stone--a “very undeserving and dishonorable officer”- -is recruiting in Pennsylvania for a “Bucktail Brigade” without authorization, encloses memorandum on “the history of Major LeRoy Stone during his connection with the regiment” (Items 11/12), the election for Colonel, Thomas L. Kane was “the first man in Pennsylvania to volunteer, after the attack on Sumter,” has never “solicited promotion” despite being in “more hard fighting” than anyone and being “the oldest Colonel, by date of Commission,” 1 p., folded, written on 4 sides, 13 August 1862.

Dates

1862 August 13

Conditions Governing Use

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