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Tag Archives: general orders
9 February 1865: “…it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause to be enrolled as a Guard for Home Defence, all white male persons not already enrolled in the service of the Confederate States…”
Item Description: A broadside containing General Orders for the operation of the North Carolina Home Guard. The order describes who may be exempted from service and the structure and organization of the units. An additional order from the Fifth Regiment … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged adjutant general, broadside, broadsides, conscription, exemptions, general orders, home front, home guard, homefront, local militia, militias, North Carolina, Statesville (N.C.)
Comments Off on 9 February 1865: “…it shall be the duty of the Governor to cause to be enrolled as a Guard for Home Defence, all white male persons not already enrolled in the service of the Confederate States…”
19 September 1846: “He desires your immediate attention”
Item Description: A dispatch to General Logan asking him to comply with general orders. Citation: From Folder 33, in the George William Logan Papers #1560, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcription: #244B. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, Conferderate Army, general orders, George W. Logan
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24 October 1863: “…the undersigned hereby assumes Command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee.””
Item Description: General Orders, dated 24 October 1863, signed by Major General William T. Sherman and written to Major General James McPherson. In this order, Sherman assumes command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee and names R. M. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Army of Tennessee, Gen. James B. McPherson, Gen. William T. Sherman, general orders, Iuka (Miss.), Vicksburg
Comments Off on 24 October 1863: “…the undersigned hereby assumes Command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee.””
14 April 1863: “The Comdg Gen. leaves temporarily and for the purpose of putting himself at the head of a relieving force, and having raised the siege expects soon to return.”
Item Description: Copy of Union General John Gray Foster’s 14 April 1863 Order commending the troops, enclosed in a 17 April 1863 letter written to William L. Whitney of Cambridge, Massachusetts from his son in the Union army stationed at Washington, N.C. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, General John G. Foster, general orders, siege, Washington (N.C)
Comments Off on 14 April 1863: “The Comdg Gen. leaves temporarily and for the purpose of putting himself at the head of a relieving force, and having raised the siege expects soon to return.”
10 March 1863: “Private Joseph Hebert Co. A., Crescent Regt. La. Vols. now under sentence of death for desertion having been pardoned by the President of the Confederate States, is hereby ordered to be released…”
Item description: Order, 10 March 1863, concerning a Confederate private who has been pardoned from his death sentence. Item citation: From folder 5 in the George William Logan Papers #1560, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged capital punishment, death penalty, deserters, desertion, Eustace Surget, general orders, George W. Logan, Joseph Hebert, Louisiana, orders
Comments Off on 10 March 1863: “Private Joseph Hebert Co. A., Crescent Regt. La. Vols. now under sentence of death for desertion having been pardoned by the President of the Confederate States, is hereby ordered to be released…”
6 January 1863: “All deserters […] will be restored to duty without trial.”
Item description: Copy of General Orders, No. 2, dated 6 January 1863, granting amnesty to deserters who return to the Army of the Trans-Mississippi by the 1st of February 1863. Item transcription: HdQtrs. Trans Miss. Dept. Little Rock, Jany. 6, 1863 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged amnesty, Arkansas, deserters, general orders, Little Rock
Comments Off on 6 January 1863: “All deserters […] will be restored to duty without trial.”
11 August 1862: “the sentinels through whose neglect or the officer through whose orders it is done, shall be tried by drum head court martial and shot without mercy…”
Item description: General Orders, No. 1, from Head Quarters of the Bridge Guards, Wilmington, N.C. Item citation: From folder 2 of the T. L. Clingman Papers, #157, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged bridge guards, bridges, general orders, North Carolina, Thomas Lanier Clingman, Wilmington
Comments Off on 11 August 1862: “the sentinels through whose neglect or the officer through whose orders it is done, shall be tried by drum head court martial and shot without mercy…”
20 July 1862: “If a soldier or a legitimate follower of the army be fired upon from any house, the house shall be razed to the ground, and the inhabitants sent prisoners to the headquarters of this army.”
Item description: General Orders, Number 7, dated 20 July 1862, issued by command of Major General John Pope. These orders appear as they were published in the Supplemental Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, In … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged general orders, guerrilla warfare, John Pope, railroads, Shenandoah Valley
Comments Off on 20 July 1862: “If a soldier or a legitimate follower of the army be fired upon from any house, the house shall be razed to the ground, and the inhabitants sent prisoners to the headquarters of this army.”
8 June 1862: “that infamous proclamation of Gen. Butler’s was issued in consequence of the ladies of New Orleans have sent back the cards sent to them by Mrs. Butler!”
Item description: Entry, 8 June 1862, from the diary of Sarah Lois Wadley. She records news of the war and comments on Union Gen. Benjamin Butler’s infamous General Order No. 28 (the so-called “Woman’s Order”). Item citation: In the Sarah … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged General Benjamin Franklin Butler, General Order No. 28, general orders, home front, New Orleans, Richmond, southern women, Vicksburg, Woman's Order, women
Comments Off on 8 June 1862: “that infamous proclamation of Gen. Butler’s was issued in consequence of the ladies of New Orleans have sent back the cards sent to them by Mrs. Butler!”