CIVIL War General David Birney Command Order Hatchers Run Virginia

  

General David Bell Birney entered the Army as Lt Colonel of the 23rd Pennsylvania Volunteers and as a result of his distinguished combat command was promoted at Chancellorsville to Major General. Birney was twice wounded at Gettysburg where he took command of the 3rd Corp after Sickles was wounded.

Again wounded at the Battle of Spottsylvania, Virginia in 1864, he took command of the 10th Army Corp but died a few months later from illness. An original Civil War Field Press General Order, w bold heading HQ Tenth Army Corps In the Field near Hatchers Run, VA.

, July 23, 1864, announcing General DB Birney has assumed command of the 10th Army Corps, 1p. Minor stains, edge wear, Overall VG. 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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