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Regiment: 15th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: John M. Oliver, Oliver O. Howard, William T. Sherman
Headquaters, Department and Army
of the Tennessee.
East Point Ga Sept 22 1864.
Special Orders,
II
No. 214
In accordance with provisions of Sec. 11, Act of Congress promulgated in
General Orders No. 216, War Department, current series, Leave of Absence
for 20 days is granted Col John M. Oliver
15
th Michigan Inftry Comdg 3
rd Brig 2
nd Div 15
th A. Corps
By Order of Major General O. O. Howard
W. T. Clark
Assistant Adjutant General.
Col John M. Oliver
Comdg 3
rd Brig 2
nd Div 15 Corps
thro. C. O. 15
th Corps
Paid in full to
August 31
st 1864
Deducting ½ pay for
12 days leave of absence
in Jany 1864
Louisville Ky A
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Oct 3/64 Pay
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Paid to October 31
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Asa [ ? ]
Qrmaster
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Extracts from General Orders, Adjutant General’s Office, War Department.
Officers absent from duty without leave or beyond the time of their leaves, will not be allowed
to draw pay until a court of commission, which will be orders on their return to their post or command, shall determine whether there was sufficient cause for their absence. They will accordingly provide themselves with a full description of the nature and cause of their disability, certified by proper medical authority, as required by existing orders and regulations.
When an officer returns to his command after having overstaid his leave of absence he may be
tried by a court-martial for this as a military offense, or a commission may be appointed by the commanding officer of his division, army corps, or army, as the case may be, to investigate his case, and to determine whether or not, he was absent from proper cause; and if there should be found to be such proper cause, he will be entitled to pay during such absence. The proceedings of such commission will be sent to the Adjutant General of the Army for the approval of the Secretary of War, which commissions will consist of not less than three nor over five commissioned officers. – Gen. Orders No. 100 series 1862.
T. L R 15AC Sept. 22/64
Hd. Qrs. [ ? ]
[ ? ] 2 Oct 1864
Extended ten
(10) days.
By order Brig Gen Sherman
C. D. Webster
30 days from Oct 3 1864 to
Nov 2 1864
