CIVIL War Fairburn Georgia Atlanta General Black Jack Logan 1864 Field Order

  

Field 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, as "Field Orders" printed at the Commanders HQ on portable printing presses.

The orders were then issued to regiments, often to be read aloud to the troops. During the Atlanta Georgia Campaign the Union Army reached the West Point Railroad at Fairburn, Georgia and, General John Logan, using the Wilson Plantation near Fairburn as his HQ spent August 29th destroying the tracks and looting the town, before moving on the next day to Jonesboro. Two days later Hood, realizing his Army had been flanked, abandoned the City of Atlanta.

An Original Civil War Field Order issued by General John A Logan "In the Field Near Fairburn, Ga" August 29, 1864 announcing officers will prepare their men to muster and receive their pay. 1p 8 x 5: ptd. Age stains, 2 docketing slits on left edge, Overall VG. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed.

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