Title
James T. Tucker to Richard Yates
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1864-04-27
Format
pdf
Language
en
Identifier
508872
Transcription
Headquarters, Department of the Gulf,
New Orleans, 27 April 1864.
To His Excellency,
Richard Yates.
Governor of Illinois.
Springfield, Illinois.
Dear Sir,
It gives me pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a Commission as "Colonel of Illinois Volunteers" and while thanking you for the honor that you have conferred upon me, allow me to say that if I can in any way serve my state, its troops, or its Governor I shall ever be,
with Great Respect,
Yours to command.
James T. Tucker,
Colonel and Private Secretary,
Major General Banks.
Tucker James T.
New Orleans April 27 64
Acknowledges receipt of Commission as Col of Ill Vols. If he can in any way serve Gov. he is at his service --
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