WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. – The President handed to-night to
Champion Vaughn commissions for himself and the following gentlemen who are to
constitute the staff of James H. Lane.
Col. Wm. H. Merritt, Lieut. Col. J. Kirkpatrick, Maj. Verplank Van Antwerp,
Maj. John Ritchie, Maj. T. J. Weed, Capt. Wm. A. Phillips, Capt. Wm. O’Donnell,
Capt. J. McClure, Capt. A. P. Russell, Wm Kyle, Capt. Vollney Hickox. Col. Vaughn also had a sociable interview
with Secretary Stanton. The above staff
of officers are ordered to report to Major General Hunter to be by him detailed
to Gen. Lane. They leave for the West
to-morrow to enter active service.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 2
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