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6. 6. 4. SOLDIER
John N. Giles of McDaVid,
Had His Looked Up By
War Department.

1t is not often that a soldier of the
civil war goes to the trouble of secur-
! ing an abstract of the official records
! to show what place he filed during
: that eventful struggle, but those zee
OFds are nevertheless valuable to
hinI and win be doubly priced by his
/ posterity in the years to come. Mr.,
I John n. Giles, of McDavid, Florida,
had his own record looked up and
/ through the aid of Senator Mallory it
IS now certified to as the following
correspondence shows:
War Department Records.
War Department, The Adjutant
! Generals Office, Washington, July "a,
| 1907
Hon. ). R. Mallory, United States Sen
/ ator, Pensacola, Florida.
! Sir: Referring to your letter of the
22d inst, received today, in which
you state that John n. Giles, former
ly a member of the First Alabama
! Heavy Artillery, G. S. A, is DESTROYS
of obtaining, If possible, a copy OF
J the oath of allegiance taken by him at
! EImira, New York, at the close of the
civil war, and referring also to your
request that the copy asked for be
J furnished to you. 1 have the honor to
/ inform you as follows:
| The records show that John N
!
bama Artillery C. s. A, was captur-
ed August %, 1864, at Fort Morgan;
/ that he was received ar Fort Colu1-
bus, New York harbOr, September %,
1864, and that he was transferred TO
! Elnira, New York, December 4, 1864
where ne was released, July z. 1865,
on taking the oath of allegiance to
/ the United States.
No Individual oath OF allegiance in
3 h -
and the desired copy cannot. there
fore, be furnished.
! Very respectfully.
T. c. AINSWORTH.
The Adjutant General.
Senator MaIIory's Letter.
/ United States Senate, Pensacola,
July 10Th, 1907.
/ J. \. Giles, McDavid, Fla.
/ My Dear Giles: l herewith enclose
a letter to me from the adjutant gen
eral of the United States, in response
+ to mine 10 him OF the 22nd inst ask
! ing him, if possible. to furnish ME
with copy of the oath of allegiance
/ taken by you when you were dis.
charged from Elmira prison at the
close of the war.
As you viii observe from ais letter.
there is no individual oath of allie
glance by you, on file, and I suppose
J Tie OdJn was duHllLlSlISuS 10 you To-
gether with a number of other pris-
oners at the same time. The files
of the war department do show, how
ever. that you were a private in Com
pany Z. First Alabama Artillery, C.
S A.: was captured August 23rd,
1864, at Fort Morgan; taken to Fort
Columbus. y Y haTbOr, Sept 2Std,
1864; transferred to Elmira, Y. Y,
Dec. 4th, 1854, and was released, July
9TH. 1865. on taking the oath of al
legiance TO the United States
As these facts are stated by the
adjuCant general IN an official letter
to me, as being shown by the records
of the war department, there should
b. no necessity for proof of them. or
any OF them.
If any one should hereafter question
the facts Of your service in the Con-
fe5erate army, your capture and in
priSOnment, he will certainly shut up,
If YOU viii invite him TO read this let
te- of General F. c. Ainsworth, adju-
tant general of the United States, in
whose Office are preserved the rolls
Of both the Confederate and Union
armies. and the records of the Off
GERS and men of both armies.
Trusting this wiz be satisfactory, /
am. very truly yours, etc,
s. r. MALLORY.
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