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McCreary, Charles W., fl. 1864 [Special order]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.72 Author/Creator: McCreary, Charles W., fl. 1864 Place Written: Headquarters, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 20 December 1864 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Co-signed by Charles J. C. Hutson, Adjutant. States that the company commanders will have the streets of the camp policed and inspected. Orders that the streets should be policed each morning and soldiers delinquent in their duties should be punished with extra duties. Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. He was promoted to Adjutant 25 October 1864.

McCreary, Charles W., fl. 1864
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

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