Excerpt from Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Maryland: Transmitted to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in Pursuance of Law, for the Year 1871 I had the honor to receive my appointment, as the Adjutant General of the State, on the 8th of last February, but was prevented by untoward circumstances, involving the recovery of important Records necessary for transacting the business of the office, from assuming full and entire charge betora April. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.