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In the report of the Adjutant-general of the State of Virginia, for 1866, occurs this entry:
Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon
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He was upheld in his desire by Adjutant-general Hamlin, who accompanied him to the President.
The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams
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That my hospital was a model of neatness and perfection in its line, was attested by a report of Adjutant-general
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"Is there not an order," I replied, "from Adjutant-general Thomas, granting us transportation, rations, and quarters?"
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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It was in vain that Adjutant-general Paterson, the bearer of the letter, protested that no disrespect was intended, and that Lord Howe and his brother, the general, could not depart from the rules laid down for them: Washington rejected the letter, and refused to let it lie on his table, which refusal was highly approved of by congress.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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He was upheld in his desire by Adjutant-general Hamlin, who accompanied him to the President.
The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907
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At a farm-house well hidden in the woods of a creek we got a brave supper for the asking and had our uniforms wonderfully cleaned and pressed, and at ten that evening we dismounted before the three brightly illumined tents of General Austin, Major Harper and that amiable cipher our Adjutant-general.
The Cavalier George Washington Cable 1884
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Midway of this space I met Scott Gholson, clerk to the Adjutant-general.
The Cavalier George Washington Cable 1884
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“Is there not an order,” I replied, “from Adjutant-general Thomas, granting us transportation, rations, and quarters?”
A Woman's Life-Work Haviland, Laura S 1881
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Adjutant-general Robert Butler, in his official report to General
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