CIVIL War California Gold Shipments New Orleans General Order 1864

  

The Federal Government, by restricting this gold flow was able to maintain gold backing for US notes and starve the Confederacy of funding. An original Civil War General Order, issued at HQ Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 22, 1864 By Command of Major General Banks to prevent the transfer of gold to the Rebel States.

1p 8 x 5.5 ptd, with a small ink stain at lower margin and 2 punch holes on left margin. From estate of Captain George Faxon, a Bridgewater, Massachusetts school teacher and Civil War officer serving in Louisiana with the 38th Mass Infantry, including the Siege of Port Hudson, the 77th US Colored Troop and finally commanding Fort Macomb with the 10th US Colored Heavy Artillery to 1867. General & Special Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a command, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters in the field on portable printing presses operated by soldiers. The orders were then issued to regiments, to be read aloud to the troops.

General Orders were printed as issued with date & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant might retain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes or cut slits in the left margin and stringing on ¼" red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression "government red tape). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to a local print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather or cloth covers. Usually, American Military Orders of the 19. Century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5 sheet of quality rag paper. General Orders and other imprints.

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