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1 sheet, 26 by 8¼ inches, folded several times vertically. Signed by General Peck. The report lists 5 officers; plus Number of Companies, Field Officers, Regimental and Battalion Staff Officers, etc.; plus numbers For Duty, Sick, in Arrest or Confinement, Present and Absent, plus Horses; Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, etc. Minor soiling; o/w a fine, clean document. John Peck was born on January 4, 1821 in Manlius, New York. His father, John W. Peck, who had served in the War of 1812, was among the earliest and most active settlers of Onondaga County. Peck entered the United States Military Academy at age 18 and graduated eighth from a class of 39 on July 1, 1843 along with Ulysses S. Grant and many other soon to be famous military officers. With the outbreak of the Civil War Peck accepted a commission as brigadier general of volunteers on August 9, 1861. He was given command of a brigade defending Chain Bridge and the Northern defenses of Washington at Tennallytown. It was an important post, as the…
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