Enclosed in same envelope (included): Special Order no. 396, from E.D. Townsend, granting Thomas L. Kane permission to visit Washington, 1 p., 3 September 1863; Special Order no. 396, from E.D. Townsend, instructing Lt. Thomas J. Leiper to be relieved of duty from Thomas L. Kane’s staff, 1 p., 3 September 1863.

Copy from Official Instructions (pamphlet published by War Department), “Instructions to the Relieving Officer,” 1 p., folded, written on 2 sides, n.d.

Title page to Instruction for Skirmishers, by Lt. Col. Thomas L. Kane, copyrighted 1863, has note “For Binding,” scraps of paper pasted on the back; also includes photocopy of title page.

Envelope labeled “Newspaper slips May, 1863. Chancellorsville,” n.d.

Photocopy of clipping from p. 8 of the New York Herald, Thomas L. Kane’s troops called upon to build a temporary bridge, 4 May 1863, 1 p.

Letter to the editor from Mr. Emil Schalk on the last operation on the Rappahannock and the causes of its failure, also “Mr. Schalk on the Recent Battle,” and “The Ride to Richmond,” The [Philadelphia] Press, 9 May 1863, 5 pp.

Front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer, top story is the siege of Vicksburg and “The Policy of the War,” 16 May 1863, 5 pp.

Pension Claim made by Thomas L. Kane before C.G. McCullough, Deputy Prothnothy of Philadelphia, copied by Elizabeth Dennistoun Wood Kane, also other papers relating to Thomas L. Kane’s pension, all photocopies, 17 pp., 10 November 1883, etc.; attached is typescript of Thomas L. Kane’s claim before McCullough, 2 pp., 10 November 1883.

Notes made by Thomas L. Kane, “Guesswork of Miami,” giving distances and where men, barricades, etc. are, 1 p., n.d.

Notes made by Thomas L. Kane, “125, First Statement,” information on some of the regiments, 1 p., n.d.