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Camp near Helena Ark Feb. 1st 1863
Dear Brother
Let no one outside the family see anything in this letter: I am not in the best of Spirits. yesterday the new commissions came to our Co. & our old Orderly Myron H. Begole is 1st Lieut.
This is a short statement of the whole case & I must now give you my opinion as to the means by which such a result was brought about.
The promotions were made as I wrote you they would be, on the recommend of the Col. to the governor. the Col recommended the orderly & of course he received the commission. I have talked with Frank about it & he says that it was the choice of the Col. with out any move in that direction on his part or that of Capt. Rathbun, but I do not believe it. The day before the Capt. went away he & Lieut. Fobes were called in to consult with the Col. in regard to the new officers in the Co. Commissioned & non Commissioned & in my opinion the subject was then broached by one or the other of them. I lay most of the blame on Capt Rathbun. I may be mistaken but he and the orderly were warm Friends at home & I think he desired to help him along as far as he could I am a good deal down Spirited this morning.
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| Title | William Titus Rigby letters, February-April 1863 |
| Creator | Rigby, William Titus |
| Date Original | 1863 |
| Description | Letters detailing army life in 1863 for Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B, including the Vicksburg campaign. |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) |
Soldiers War |
| Topical Subject (LCSH) |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 |
| Personal Name Subject | Rigby, William Titus |
| Corporate Name Subject | United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 24th (1862-1865). Company B |
| Geographic Subject |
United States United States -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg |
| Chronological Subject | 1860-1870 |
| Type (DCMIType) | Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence Envelopes |
| Type (IMT) | jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Civil War Diaries and Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection | William Titus Rigby papers |
| Collection Identifier | MsC82 |
| Collection Guide | http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0082 |
| Box Number | 1 |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. |
| Contact Information | Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index. |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Master image available in tiff format. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Identifier | 20090929160956868 |
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