Summary:
Union Assistant Adjutant Charles Halpine writes from Staunton to Colonel Moor of the Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry on the expiration of the regiment's term of service in June, 1864. Halpine mentions the role the Twenty-eighth played in the Battle of Piedmont.

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Col. A. MOOR,
28th Ohio Infty., Cmdg. 1st Brig., Army of the Shenandoah:

Staunton,

June 8, 1864.

COL.:

In taking leave of you on the expiration of the term of your regiment, the major-general commanding desires to express to you his high appreciation of your soldierly qualities and services, and his regret at losing you from this command. The masterly management of your brigade at the recent battle of Piedmont, on the 5th instant, did no more than sustain the creditable character given of you by your former commanders. The major-general commanding trusts that the service may not permanently lose so good an officer at a time so critical, and to this end has written a letter to the honorable the Secretary of War, of which I transmit a certified copy herewith.

I am, colonel, with very sincere respect, your most obedient servant,

CHAS. G. HALPINE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 37, Serial No. 70, Pages 606, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.