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U.S. War Department. General Ordérs, No. 220 War Department, Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, July 16, 1863. By direction of the President of the United States, the following officers are retired from active service.
1 page, 8vo. Signed by E.D. Townsend, carry- ing out President Lincoln's order on this sub- ject. AMONG THOSE RETIRED IS MAJOR GENERAL
~ JOHN E. WOOL, WHO SAVED FORTRESS MONROE FOR THE
UNION IN 1861.