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Mast, Elhanan M., fl. 1837-1865 [Order of picket guard]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.074 Author/Creator: Mast, Elhanan M., fl. 1837-1865 Place Written: Stones River, Tennessee Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 29.6 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Document titled, "Order of Piquet Guard." Lists 15 rules such as, "3. Contraband Negroes not allowed inside lines. 4. Wagons must not go beyond Stations for wood." The document is unsigned, however on the back there is a note written in pencil by Elhanan M. Mast, Lieutenant Colonel, to Captain T. B. Van Horn from Stones River, Tennessee. Mast discusses his command and his tent.

Mast, Elhanan M., fl., 1853-1862

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