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General orders, no. 1-400 and no. 1-380.
American History, 1493-1859 (Module II: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lincoln, Abraham, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans.
- Slavery.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1864.
- Summary:
- Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning black troops, some of them former slaves, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages) and index.
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