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Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 [General Order. No 16.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02254.35 Author/Creator: Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 32 cm Order a Copy

Orders for the establishment of a set of signals "as the means of communication between the Army & the fleet." Signals are to be made with rockets, but "the color of the rocket make [sic] no difference."

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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