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Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888 Regulation under the act of Congress providing for the granting of bounty & furlough to privates and non commisioned in the provisional army.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04270 Author/Creator: Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1862 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy

Clerical copy of Judah Benjamin's orders regarding reenlistments, signed by Carter L. Stevenson. Those who reenlist to receive fifty dollar bounty and thirty day furlough. Also discusses reorganization of regiments. Date inferred, based on Stevenson's rank as major general.

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888

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