CIVIL War Confederate General Samuel Cooper Signed Us Army Uniforms Order 1854

  
Confederate General Samuel Cooper was the Confederacy's senior ranking general. Before the War he had served as the US Army Adjutant General. An original US Army General Order issued at HQ of the US Army, Washington, January 20, 1854 detailing changes in the design and color of some US Army uniforms. 1p 8 x 5" ptd, and ink signed "S. Cooper as US Army Adjutant General. Disbound, edge trimmed, minor age stain on left edge, Overall VG. Before the War General Cooper was a a noted Texas & Indian Territory officer & friend of the Cherokee Indians. In 1851 he took part in the Fort Laramie Treaty with Native American tribes at Horse Creek. After the Civil War he resided n Alexandria, Virginia. General & Special Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army.

Each order, issued in writing by a commander, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters, sometimes in the field on portable printing presses. The orders were then issued to regiments, often 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 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.

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