Pennsylvania Executive Chamber,
Harbisburg, 26th September, 1862.
General,—Having
relieved you from duty as commander of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia,
recently called out for the defense of the State, I deem it proper to express
my strong sense of the gratitude which Pennsylvania owes for the zeal, spirit,
and ability which you brought to her service at a period when her honor and
safety were threatened. That for her security you left the command of your
brave division, the Pennsylvania Reserves, thus losing the opportunity of
leading this gallant corps at South Mountain and Antietam, is a just
demonstration of the true affection you bear for your native State, which, be
assured, her freemen reciprocate, and for which, in their behalf, I am happy to
make you this acknowledgment.
A. G. Curtin.
To Brigadier-general
John F. Reynolds, U.S.A.
SOURCE: United Service: A Monthly Review of Military and
Naval Affairs, Volume 2, May 1880, p. 621
