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United States War Department General Orders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08646.02 Author/Creator: United States War Department Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 715 p. : Height: 17.9 cm, Width: 13.7 cm Order a Copy

Handwritten table of contents at front. Inside front cover has a pasted piece of paper that says: "Col. Alex. J. Perry, Division C.C. and G. Equipage Quatermaster's Department, Washington, D.C." Contains 217 printed orders for the War Department in 1862. Cloth cover. Front and back covers are detached. One of the orders is signed by General Lorenzo Thomas.

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