Item No. 1363218

In this order dated March 17, 1865, Medal of Honor recipient Captain George W. Hooker of Brigadier General Charles Devens’s staff directs that “The troops will be ready for review at one thirty 1.30 P.M. instead of 11 o’clock A.M.” Hooker signed the letter at the bottom.

George White Hooker enlisted as a private in the 4th Vermont in September 1861. He rose quickly through the ranks and by August 1862 was first lieutenant of Company E. In the summer of 1864 he was promoted captain and attached to the adjutant general’s department, serving on the staff of Brigadier General Charles Devens. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 14, 1862, at the Battle of South Mountain, where he “rode alone in advance of his regiment and captured a major and 116 men.”

The order was written on one side of an 8” x 10” letter sheet. Creased at the original folds. The full transcript follows:

Hd Qrs 3d Division 24th A.C.
March 17th 1865

Circular

The troops will be ready for review at one thirty 1.30 P.M. instead of 11 o’clock A.M.

The troops will form at 1 o’clock P.M.

By order of
Brig. Genl. Devens
Geo. H. Hooker
Capt. and A.A.G.