Greer, Elkanah B., 1825-1877 [General order no. 6 exempting certain persons from military service]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05987.40 Author/Creator: Greer, Elkanah B., 1825-1877 Place Written: Shreveport, Louisiana Type: Broadside Date: 4 August 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14.8 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy
Orders are issued by Confederate General Greer from Headquarters, Bureau of Conscription, Trans-Mississippi Department. Exempts one person per plantation (an owner, agent, or overseer) if the plantation has at least twenty enslaved people. Contains several ink stains, most on verso, and a faint pencil docket.
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