Civil War-dated partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10, December 14, 1863. Navy Department document informing William Sargent that he is "hereby detached from the Relief (4th Rate) and…will report to Rear Admiral Stringham, on the 18th inst. for duty on board the U. S. S. Harvest Moon." Signed at the conclusion by Gideon Welles, and countersigned twice by S. H. Stringham to confirm Sargent's arrival. In fine condition, with tiny binding holes along the left edge. Sargent would be lost at sea upon the sinking of the USS Oneida in 1870.
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