 
FIRST PROMOTIONHead Quarters Cavalry Division. Special Order}
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COMMISSIONHon. Geo. T. Cobb, M. C. Sir: It gives me pleasure to recommend Private I am very respectfully. The within recommendation of Capt. H. C. Weir, A. A. G., of this Division, is fully concurred in. I have known Private Meyer, 2nd N. Y. Cavalry, for nearly two years and can attest his faithfulness as a soldier, his moral, mental, and physical qualifications for the position of Commissioned Officer. D. McM. Gregg, Headquarters 2nd Division Cavalry Corps,Lieut. E. B. Parsons, Lieut.: I have the honor to request the suspension of the order from the Major Gen'l Commanding directing me to return Private H. C. Meyer, 2nd New York Cav'y, to his Regiment. Private Meyer has been serving for a year as clerk at the Hdqrs. of the 2nd Division, the former 3d Division, and Bayard's Brigade. He is well instructed in his duties, and is familiar with all the records of the Adjutant-General's office of this Division. Capt. H. C. Weir, A. A. G., of this Division, is now absent sick, and at this time the services of Private Meyer are invaluable. I respectfully request, therefore, that I may for the present be permitted to retain Private Meyer. Private W. H. Bubier, 2nd I am, very respectfully, (Official copy) Special Order } Private Henry C. Meyer, Co. C, 2nd N. York Cavalry, is hereby detailed on special duty as Clerk in the Adjt. Genl's Office at these Head Quarters, and will report for duty without delay. By command of Brig.-Genl. Kilpatrick. (Official) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROMOTION TO A COMMISSIONED OFFICERHon. Geo. T. Cobb: I understand that you are about to make an effort to secure a Lieutenancy in one of the regular Cav. Regiments for Henry C. Meyer, now a private in Harris Light Cavalry. I hope you will be successful; he fully merits and will fill with honor the position to which he aspires. He was for a long Very Respectfully, LETTER ACCOMPANYING MY COMMISSION WHILE IN SEMINARY HOSPITALMy Dear Capt: Your commission has arrived and I have forwarded it to your address at the Metropolitan Hotel, Washington. D. C, thinking it would be more safe than at the Hospital, for we're not certain where you are now. I congratulate you on the promotion and am happy to acknowledge that you deserve it and much more than a bleeding, suffering country like ours can ever give. These honors but illy pay a man for the suffering endured, where horrible wounds like yours are the penalty of bravery. Yet the consciousness of having done one's duty is much reward. We all look for your return with much interest. Lt. Raulston is to-day mustered to your Company. I enclose a morning report of your Co. With many wishes for your health, I am, Yours, Capt. Henry C. Meyer. FINAL DISCHARGE ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY FROM WOUNDSWar Department, Special Order} (Extract.) 51. The following named officers are hereby honorably discharged the Service of the United States on account of physical disability from wounds received in action, with condition that they shall receive no final payments until they have satisfied the Pay Department that they are not indebted to the Government. 2nd Lt. H. C. Meyer, 24th N. Y. Cav'y. By Order of the Secretary of War. Hd. Qrs. 2nd Cav. Division, [The following letter was never presented.] My Dear Mr. Potts: The bearer of this is Henry C. Meyer, my young friend who has gallantly served in the field with Generals Kilpatrick and Gregg. He is to my knowledge a gentleman by education and association, and in every way calculated to fill the place of a First Lieutenant. I have given a letter to the Adj't-General, and if you can speak a good word for him you will do me a great kindness. All his attributes are those of a gentleman. Your friend, John Potts, Esq., Sir: I take leave, most respectfully, to commend to your Excellency's consideration my young friend, Henry C. Meyer, a private in Second N. Y. Light Cavalry. He is intelligent, of a highly interesting and unexceptionable character, well educated, and in all his attributes of a gentleman well calculated to fill the place of an officer. He has been serving in the field with Genls. Kilpatrick and Gregg for eighteen months, and his commanding officers testify to his gallantry and his manly bearing. In speaking thus highly of Mr. Meyer I do so from personal knowledge, having known him from a child. I trust your Excellency may be able to advance this young gentleman to a position worthy of his merit, feeling assured it will be for the interest of the public service. With high respect, your Excellency's most ob'd't serv't, H. Paulding, His Excellency, My Dear General: My young friend, Henry C. Meyer, of the 2nd N. York Light Cavalry, has been serving in the field with Generals Kilpatrick and Gregg for eighteen months as a private, and his gallantry and manly bearing are well attested. I have known him from childhood as estimable and charming in all his attributes as a gentleman. He is well educated, high-toned in character, and in every way a young gentleman of great merit. He entered the service from the love of a soldier's life and motives of patriotism. He has won advancement by his service in the field and will make an excellent officer. If you can give him a helping hand, I am sure you will. I have no acquaintance with the Sec. of War or General-in-Chief, and therefore commend the young gentleman to you as one of our fraternity when the Rebellion commenced. I have the honor to be, with high respect and esteem, your friend and most obdt servt. H. Paulding, To Genl. E. D. Townsend, War Department,Special Order} (Extract.) 14. At the request of the Governor of New York, Private Henry C. Meyer, 2nd New York Cav'y, is hereby honorably discharged the Service of the United States to enable him to accept an appointment in another Regiment. By order of the Secretary of War, (Official.) E. B. Parsons, (Official.) ADMIRAL PAULDING TO GENERAL KILPATRICK.My Dear General: Without a personal acquaintance, I respect and honor you for gallant service in the field. You have had my young friend Henry Meyer with you and have learned to esteem him. I have known him from a boy, as an interesting youth, and as a gentleman by education and association, and know that when he entered the Army as a Private he was honored and beloved, and from zeal and love of country he left a comfortable home and lucrative place. I am very fond of him for his personal merit and have confidence in commending him to you in every way in which he can serve you in our sacred cause. He is now a 2d Lieut. in a New York Regt. and will doubtless be able soon to fill a more prominent place. For the favor you have shown him, and for your gallant and distinguished services to the country, I entertain the highest respect for you and thank and honor you and beg to subscribe myself your friend and most obd't serv't. To Genl. J. Kilpatrick, EXPLANATION OF NON-MUSTER AS CAPTAIN.I hereby certify that Henry C. Meyer, late 2d Lieutenant 24th N. Y. Cavalry, was severely wounded in action on the 17th day of June before Petersburg, Va., 1864; that there was a Commission from the Governor of New York making said Meyer a Captain in said Regiment, and that owing to an irregularity in the mails said Commission did not arrive at the Head Quarters of the command until about the 20th inst.; and further, that said Meyer was acting in the capacity of Captain by authority of the Col. commanding, and that he was absent and prevented from being mustered by no fault of his; that said Meyer was a gallant and meritorious officer and deserving said promotion. W. C. Newberry, Sworn subscribed to before me }
Capt. H. C. Meyer, Dear Sir: A few days back I was in Buffalo and stopped at Mr. Flach's store; I learned that you got married. Permit me, dear sir, to give you my best and sincere congratulation. I always must and will respect you for your honesty, bravery, and your good moralic advices, which you used to give your subordinate. When others did their duty, you used to do three times more than you was obliged to do. I would ask you for your likeness. Your most obt. servant, [The following statement with its endorsements was placed on file in the War Department.] To the Adjutant-General of the Army, Dear Sir: At the solicitation of friends I desire to place on record the fact, not heretofore officially reported, that I received a wound from a sabre at the battle of Brandy Station on the 9th of June, 1863. I was then a private in the 2nd N. Y. Cavalry, detailed as clerk in the Adjutant-General's Department of the 2nd Division Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. That this circumstance was not reported at the time was due to the fact that I personally made When it was suggested that I include my name, I declined to do so on the ground that its publication in the papers would needlessly alarm my parents, and consequently withheld it. I was subsequently severely wounded at Petersburg and mustered out in consequence, which is a matter of record. In making this request to have this circumstance go on record, I disclaim any permanent injury or any desire or intention of claiming any pension because of that wound. This statement is corroborated herewith by General D. McM. Gregg, commanding the Division, and H. C. Weir, Capt. and Asst. Adjutant-General at the time. Respectfully, The above was endorsed as follows: The foregoing statement is correct and worthy of record, and I heartily recommend the same. Very respectfully, your ob't serv't, Brooklyn, L. I., Nov. 25, '91. I fully concur in the recommendation of Colonel Weir, as I readily recall the fact mentioned within. D. Mc.M. Gregg, |
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