William Irvine
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1865:
What New York has Done.
What New York has done in contributions of men and money to sustain the cause of the Union has never been fully and fairly stated. The chapter is yet unwritten. One testimony to its services, however, is rendered in the following letter to Adjutant-General IRVINE from Quartermaster General MEIGS: –
[COPY.]
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL’s OFFICE,
WASHINGTON,D,C., May 27, 1865.
Genera[l] William Irvine, Adjutant General
State of New York, Albany N.Y. :
Thanks for the good work, New York
General: – Accept my thanks for the copy you were pleased to send me of the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York for the year 1864.
Your State has a proud record, having furnished within four years nearly half a million of men, with a promptitude and efficiency worthy of the highest praise.
The suggestions of your predecessor, as to proper rewards for the patriotic men who have periled their lives, and for the widows and orphans of those who have fallen in defense of the Union, deserve proper consideration from the National as well as State authorities.
I am, very respectfully, your obd’t serv’t,
[signed] M.C. MEIGS,
Q.M. Gen., Bvt. Maj. Gen.
William Irvine served as Lieutenant colonel of the 10th New York volunteer Cavalry for three years before his Adjutant General gig.
William Irvine from 10th New York Volunteer cavalry roster
pretty much loyal
