Brigadier-General Lorenzo Thomas to Governor Nathaniel S. Berry, March 13, 1863

War Department, Adjutant-General's Office,

Washington, March 13, 1863.

Special Order, No. 119.

(Extract.)

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34. By direction of the President, the following officers are hereby dismissed from the service of the United States.

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Lieutenant A. J. Edgerly, Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers, for circulating Copperhead tickets, and doing all in his power to promote the success of the rebel cause in this State.

By order of the Secretary of War.

L. Thomas, Adjutant-General.

To the Governor of New Hampshire.

SOURCE: Thomas M. Cook & Thomas W. Knox, Editors, Public Record: Including Speeches, Messages, Proclamations, Official Correspondence, and Other Public Utterances of Horatio Seymour; from the Campain of 1856 to the Present Time, p. 109

New Hampshire Election

CONCORD, N. H., March 14. – Returns are received from all but 18 towns in the State.  The vote is as follows: Berry, 31, 374; Stark, 27,489; Wheeler, 1,553.  Berry’s majority is not far from 2,000.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 22, 1862, p. 4

Republican Victory in New Hampshire

NEW YORK, March 11. – The result of the New Hampshire election in 119 towns, is for Berry, Republican, 22,998; Stark, 20,400; Wheeler, 1043.

It is believed Gov. Berry’s majority over all will be over 1500.

The Republican majority in the House will be from 50 to 75.  The Republicans have also probably elected ten out of twelve Senators and four of the Councilors.

CONCORD, N. H., March 12. – 135 towns give Berry 32,727; Stark, 20,035, Wheeler 1,038.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 3