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Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 Special Orders Confederate 1st corps

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00824.01 Author/Creator: Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 Place Written: Various Places Type: Manuscript signed Date: 1864-1865 Pagination: 1 v. : 247 p. ; 29 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Records orders related to various kinds of authorized troop movements. Lists movement of individual military personnel, leaves of absence for officers, and unit positions. The orders are given by Longstreet and Anderson, but signed by only Latrobe and Sorrel. Written during the East Tennessee campaign and the siege of Petersburg. Dated January 1, 1864 - April 1, 1865.

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Sorrel, G. Moxley (Gilbert Moxley), 1838-1901
Latrobe, Osmun, 1835-1915
Anderson, Richard Heron, 1821-1879

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