Special Order No. 408.

The following officer is honorably discharged from the military service of the United States on account of disability: Captain A. Cohen, Company E, 68th New York Volunteers.

By command Major-General Halleck,
(Signed) E. D. Townsend,
Assistant Adjutant-General.


Headquarters near Stafford, C. H.

February 11, 1863.

I hereby certify that I have known Captain Cohen as acting Adjutant and subsequently as Captain in the 68th Regiment, New York Volunteers, and that I have known him to be an efficient officer, while the 68th Regiment was under my command; I recollect that his name was favorably mentioned in connection with the battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862.

(Signed) W. Krzyzanowski,
Colonel Commanding 2nd Brigade, 3d Division, 11th Corps.