Amnesty Petition of W.G. Lewis, June 20, 1865
Title
Amnesty Petition of W.G. Lewis, June 20, 1865
Description
Former Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, W.G. Lewis was excepted from pardon under the third provision. In his letter, Lewis stressed the fact that he primarily held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and that the rank of Brigadier General was a "temporary appoointment." Lewis argued that he did not feel that he should be excluded from Presidential amnesty because of this, and also put forth that he never maltreated prisoners and served faithfully in the Confederacy, meaning that he in turn would be a faithful United States citizen.
Creator
W.G. Lewis
Source
W. G. Lewis, Amnesty Petition, June 20, 1865, Case Files of Applications from Former Confederates for Presidential Pardons ("Amnesty Papers"), 1865-67, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94, Publication M1003, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Date
1865-06-20
Type
Document
Coverage
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Original Format
Government Document
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Citation
W.G. Lewis, Amnesty Petition of W.G. Lewis, June 20, 1865, Civil War Era NC, accessed November 17, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/478.