SETH WILLIAMS (1822-66), Brigadier General, USA, Adjutant General & Inspector General Army of the Potomac.
Document Signed (DS), 4 pages (pp 1 & 4 used), 4to.," Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac" imprint, Washington, December 19th, 1861:
"Special Order
No. 190
22...The following named Officers, having tendered their resignations, are honorably discharged from military service of the United States:
Captain B. W. Goodman, 1st New York (L.I.) Volunteers
1st Lieut. William A. Jones, 1st New York (L.I.) Volunteers
By command of Major General McClellan
S. Williams
Assistant Adjutant General
Genl. Keyes"
The 1st Long Island Volunteers or the 67th New York Infantry was organized & mustered in Brooklyn for three years.
Very Fine.
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