Gen. Shepley appeal to Maj. Gen. Ord, Virginia, 1865
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Maine Historical Society
Following up on his telegram, Shepley wrote an appeal, labeled "personal," to Major Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, commander of the Union Department of Virginia, about being relieved of his command.
Shepley wrote that the Military Commission in session at Norfolk had been collecting testimony "with regard to the official acts and conduct of myself and other General Officers," and that the testimony was secret and some based on hearsay and rumor -- and that he had no opportunity to hear it or contradict it.
He wrote, "It is publicly stated here and generally believed that I was relieved of my command in consequence of this testimony which I have never heard and therefore this respectful request and protest seems to me to be imperatively required from me."
Shepley was a lawyer and U.S. Attorney for Maine before the war.
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