L.E. Campbell [RG3888.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG3888.AM:  L.E. Campbell

Military document:  1865

Size:  One item

BACKGROUND NOTE

The 3^rd U.S. Volunteer Infantry was ordered to the Department of the Missouri, arriving at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, April 9, 1865, where it was assigned to duty in the Districts of Nebraska and Colorado. Companies A and B were stationed at Fort Kearney to protect overland mail routes.  The regiment mustered out November 29, 1865.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of a one page, handwritten military document certifying that 1^st Lt. L.E. Campbell was fully competent to hold the position as 1^st Lieutenant of Infantry and should be retained in service as an officer.  Campbell appeared before the Board of Examiners convened at Fort Kearny, N.T., in 1865.  The text of the document states:

To all whom it may concern:  This is to certify that 1^st Lieutenant L.E. Campbell, Co. B, 3^rd U.S. Vols. appeared before a Board of Examiners convened at Fort Kearny, N.T.  In pursuance of General Order No. 86, U.S. 1865 Adjutant Generals Office, War Department May 9^th 1865 and was duly examined and found to be fully competent to hold the position as 1^st Lieutenant of Infantry in the Army and the Board therefore recommended that he be retained in the service as an officer.

George M. O’Gruer

Major 7^th Iowa Cav.

Member of Board

Lee P. Gillett

Capt 1^st Neb. V.V. Cav.

Recorder of Board

INVENTORY

L.E. Campbell military document, 1865

Subject headings:

Campbell, L.E.

Solders — Nebraska

United States. Army. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 3^rd

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