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McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897 [Special Orders No. 168 issued by General James Longstreet]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02460.09 Author/Creator: McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 18 December 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Orders number 168. General McLaws writes "In compliance with special orders No 27 of December 17th Inst. from Head Qrs of Gen Longstreet, I relinquish my Command to Brigadier General J. B. Kershaw the senior Brigadier of my Division."

McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Kershaw, Joseph Brevard, 1822-1894

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