A color scan of a scrapbook page with a letter and a special order. The letter is from Charles Devens from the Department of Justice in response to Everson's request for copies of his papers but the Secretary of War cannot complete the request due to a lack of time and manpower. Devens mentions a suffering that Everson, who is working at The New York Evening Express paper, has been going under. The special order from E.T. Townsend A.A.G. grants Everson twenty days leave on disability.
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A color scan of a scrapbook page with a list and letter. The list is one composed by Everson with a list of distances all over South Carolina, the method of transportation, and the cost to get there for mileage reimbursement at $0.10 per mile for a total of $90.82. The letter is addressed to Brigadier General Charles Devens and is from Thomas M. Vincent A.A.G. of the War Department to inform Everson that any authority allowing for Everson to hire invalid officers has been revoked. Said officers will be relieved of duty and follow the rules as directed by the War Department in the enclosed circular [not provided].
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A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]A color scan of a scrapbook page with two letter. The first letter informs Everson that he will be receiving copies of the Adjutant General's reports for the years 1863 - 1864 for his records. The second letter is a positive letter of recommendation from Major General Oliver O. Howard Commissioner recommending Everson to the Regular Army. The letter makes mention that Everson has been wounded six times and promoted twice on the field. [The reader is directed to turn the page over to see the back of this letter and the reverse side can be found on the next image.]
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A color scan of a scrapbook page with the reverse side of a letter of recommendation from the previous image. There is a signature provided stating that the letter is a true copy.
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A color scan of a scrapbook page with a list of five, brief positive recommendations on Everson's behalf from Brevet Colonel & Brevet Major G.A. Williams; Brevet Major General R.K. Scott; James P. Roy A.A.A.G.; Lieutenant Colonel U.B. Clitz [? illegible] Brigadier General; and Major D.E. Sickles. Also included is a letter confirming Everson's muster date. Everson further clarifies in his annotation.
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"A color scan of a scrapbook page with an order, four annotations, one document, and two letters. The order is from when Everson entered into the Massachusetts militia. Everson included an annotation with the order stating that nearly everyone went to the front when Abraham Lincoln made ""the call."" The document is a receipt from a paid poll tax and Everson annotates that it was the last tax that he paid in Dedham, MA before the war until he ""returned for good."" Another annotation accompanying a letter explains that it is regarding a lottery that was held to aid a church that had suffered a fire and a painting that Everson won. The next letter is a request from Everson's pen pal to visit when he next makes his way North. The annotation tells of a story when Everson traveled through Mystic, CT and how they became pen pals."
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"A color scan of the back inside cover of a scrapbook with three letters, four pictures, a newspaper clipping and a reward of merit and gratitude. The first letter is from B.J. Whaley of Office of Campbells & Whaley Lawyers is a thank you letter to Everson for his help with cases. The second letter is from South Carolina Secretary of State F.L. Cardizo and informs Everson that he has been commissioned as Notary Public for the State of South Carolina. The third letter is a letter of recommendation from Jonathan Cobb. The newspaper clipping is from the ""Army and Navy Journal"" and is on the topic of addressing officers in volunteer service during the Civil War. The photographs are of Everson's mother, father, brother and sister and include information like date of birth, accomplishments and deaths. "
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A color scan of a scrapbook page with a letter continuing the first letter from Major William Stone of the previous image. [The remainder of the letter can be found among the following two images.] The letter discusses the Civil War; feeling hopeless with Johnson's presidency; and work that other officers have been doing for the cause. [The remainder of the letter can be found in the next image.]
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A color scan of a scrapbook page with three letters, a calling card and annotations. The first letter is from Gil Dixon Fox and exchanges pleasantries. The second letter is from L.T. Levin and presumably has enclosed the gift of a writing instrument with it. The third letter is from W.N. Taft and is an introduction to Captain Martin who would be coming to Columbia to take charge of the Quarter Masters Depot. Everson provides an annotation about Taft's bravery, service in the government in a number of capacities, and even hunted by and foiled the Ku Klux Klan. The calling card is Lewis Thompson's of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry. In his annotation Everson explains that he replaced Thompson as Quarter Master Post Treasurer in Philadelphia in 1865 at Camp Cadwalader and more information about Thompson.
