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U.S. War Department General Orders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08646.06 Author/Creator: U.S. War Department Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book Date: April-December 1864 Pagination: 1 v. : unpaginated ; 18.3 x 12.7 cm. Order a Copy

Printed by Government Printing Office. General Orders for 1864, but published in 1865. Spine has name "J.W. Barriger U.S.A." Book plate on inside front cover: "Library Army War College." Purple stamp says "War Department, Received Apr 9 1913 Library." Printed orders no. 151-308 for April-December 1864. Divided into sections with its own unique pagination for each section. Covers very fragile.

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