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Book/Printed Material Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 40-74

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Title

  • Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 40-74

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868.

Headings

  • -  Claims
  • -  Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
  • -  Executions and executioners
  • -  Military art and science
  • -  Military pensions
  • -  Witnesses
  • -  Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862
  • -  Prisoners
  • -  Prisoners of war
  • -  Spies
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (23 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 40-2:H.EX.DOC.74
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1332

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024880309

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. House, United States War Department, and United States Army. Office Of The Judge Advocate General. Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, . -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024880309/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A., United States War Department & United States Army. Office Of The Judge Advocate General. (1868) Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, . -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024880309/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Robert Buffum. Letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, transmitting a communication from the Judge Advocate General, enclosing a letter from Robert Buffum, late of the Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers, who volunteered to perform very hazardous service during the late war. January 8, . -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024880309/>.