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Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898 [General Orders, No. 12 of Department of the Pacific]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06071 Author/Creator: Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898 Place Written: San Francisco, California Type: Document Date: 4 June 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

General Order No. 12 issued by Buell as Assistant Adjutant General at the Headquarters of the Department of the Pacific by order of Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner. Says "Commanding Officers will promptly report to this office the execution of General Orders No. 13, of April 30, 1861, from the War Department, requiring Officers of the army 'to take and subscribe anew the oath of allegiance to the United States of America.' Special mention will be made of any failure to comply with the requirements of the Orders."

Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose), 1797-1863
Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898

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