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[Field orders for General Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry harassing Sherman near Atlanta]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09186 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document Date: 12 June 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Confederate army. "When marching, or arriving at a fork of the road, or any point where it is possible for a command to mistake the route, the commanding officer of each regiment, will leave a courier to inform the commanding officer who follows, the road taken by preceding troops. The courier will then rejoin his own command. This is particularly necessary during night marches."

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