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Updated: May 27, 2025
I hope he will receive the promotion to which his merits entitle him, that of a field-officer in a colored regiment. "GEORGE STONEMAN, Major-Gen., Com'g. Corps. "That from General Judah is equally as commendatory. If the one refers to his bravery on the Peninsula, the other testifies equally to his daring during the war:
By agreement with the father, if the judge should discharge him, the bounty will be paid back, and you will please send a statement of what amount was paid and how his account with the government stands. Brig. Gen. Davis Tillson, Com'g, etc., Covington, Ky." All honest and deserving cases could be satisfactorily disposed of in this way.
His daring and services have been conspicuous, and I trust he may receive what he has so ably merited his promotion. "H.M. JUDAH, Brig.-Gen., Com'g. Division. "The following endorsement, written on the resignation by General Sturges, when forwarded to the headquarters, shows that if merit, military and personal, could meet with its reward, Lieut. O'Neill should get speedy promotion:
"While, therefore, I disapprove his resignation for the public good, I would respectfully urge that some policy be initiated or recommended by which officers can see the way open for their advancement according to merit. "Respectfully, "L.D. STURGES, Brig.-Gen. Com'g. "The following was the reply from Headquarters: "Respectfully returned from this Headquarters, Cavalry Corps, to Lieut.
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