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Proclamation of pardon.

Printing of the 8 December 1863 general pardon of Abraham Lincoln, with William H. Seward's coutersign, and the general orders no 64 of Attorney General Edward Townsend dated february 18 1864 dealing with refugees and rebel deserters.

GLC03591

General orders, no. 191

An order regarding the recruitment, enlistment , pay, and service of veteran volunteers.

GLC03721.04

[General Orders No. 143 regarding the organization of African American troops]

Establishes a bureau for organizing and recruiting African American troops. Issued by Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General based upon the orders of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
Excerpts include: "III. Boards will be convened at such posts...

GLC03721.01

General orders no. 190

Order stating that "All men enlisting in the Regular Army for five years' service...shall receive a premium, advance pay, and bounty, of $402."

GLC03721.03

to John Aaron Rawlins

General Sherman states that he will travel to Little Rock, Arkansas, on 30 November 1865, and will leave Colonel R. M. Sawyer, Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Division of the Mississippi, in charge in his absence. Reports that he sent...

GLC04039

to Edward D. Townsend

General Milroy writes to Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Transmits a letter captured at Woodstock, Virginia, by a cavalry battalion under his command (letter not included).

GLC02463.15

to Edward D. Townsend

Brigadier General Schenck writes to Assistant Adjutant General Townsend from Camp Ewing, to request a duplicate of an order he had misplaced. A note at the top indicates that there were originally two orders, one no. 139 and the other an endorsement...

GLC02463.20

to [Edward Davis Townsend]

Addressed to "the Adjutant General of the United States." Encloses letters and report [not included] of Provost Marshal Major Beard of the New York Volunteers. Beard delivered the letters to Sherman's headquarters while Sherman was absent on a...

GLC02851

General orders, No. 43

Burger signs as assistant adjutant general. Orders pertain to organization and assignment of 1st and 2nd Battalions, Veteran Reserve Corps. Based on the order of Edward Davis Townsend, Secretary of War.

GLC02878.04.05

[Promotion of Henry Eugene Davies to Major General]

Official document promoting Davies, signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. Features two detailed patriotic scenes and a blue paper seal...

GLC03113