United States War Department General Orders
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08646.09 Author/Creator: United States War Department Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1867 Pagination: 1 v. : unpaginated Height: 18 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy
Published by the War Department and printed by the Government Printing Office. Orders are for 1867, but the book was published in 1868. Name on spine: "C.E. Morse." Contains 84 page Index of General Orders at the front of the book. Orders No. 1-104 for the year are printed; several are very long. Some handwritten notes and corrections throughout. First 6 orders signed by "A.S.M. Sayers." Order No. 103 has note in pencil: "Only copy on hand. G.O. Clark." Contains a foldout chart at the back of the book. Shelf ware at edges of cover and spine.
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