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Travel passes from Adjutant General's Office, War Department and Office Provost Marshal, District Mobile, Alabama, 1862 April 9; 1865 June 1.
Wyles SC 259LOCAL
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Title:

Travel passes from Adjutant General's Office, War Department and Office Provost Marshal, District Mobile, Alabama, 1862 April 9; 1865 June 1

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Adjutant-General's Office., creator

Creator/Contributor:

Lewis, S. O.

Creator/Contributor:

Smith, Corydon W.

Creator/Contributor:

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Office of the Provost Marshal General.

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

One holograph travel pass written and signed by E. D. Townsend by order of Assistant Adjutant General from the War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, [D. C.] to grant permission to Reverend Mark Trafton of Albany to travel to Fort Monroe and then to New Bern, North Carolina. One travel pass from Office Provost Marshal, District Mobile, Alabama to H. Hereford, a citizen of Mobile, to travel by railroad from Mobile to Sumterville, Alabama. The permssion is given by order of S. O. Lewis, Major and Provost Marshal, and signed by Corydon W. Smith, Lieut. Captain and Assistant Provost Marsha. Printed on left side of pass: Office of Provost Marshal, Corner of Royal and St. Michael Streets.

Date:

1862 (issued)

Subject:

n-us--- -- n-us-nc -- n-us-al
Military passes
Safe-conducts
Sauf-conduits
military passes
Safe-conducts
Military passes
Fort Monroe (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
New Bern (N.C.) -- History -- 19th century
Mobile (Ala.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Correspondance
Alabama -- Mobile
North Carolina -- New Bern
United States
Virginia -- Fort Monroe
United States. -- War Department -- Records and correspondence
United States. -- War Department.
Hereford, H
Trafton, Mark -- 1810-1901
Trafton, Mark -- 1810-1901

Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], Travel passes from Adjutant General's Office, War Department and Office Provost Marshal, District Mobile, Alabama. Wyles SC 259. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

military passes.
History.
Personal correspondence.
Records and correspondence.

Physical Description:

2 items (2 leaves) ; 19 x 25 cm ; 13 x 20 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Wyles SC 259LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.