CIVIL War Goldsboro North Carolina General John Logan Order March 1865

  
When General William Tecumseh Sherman planned his march through the Carolinas Goldsboro, North Carolina was his target city for the various wings of his army to meet. Sherman's Army arrived at Goldsboro, March 21, 1865 after fighting the Battles of Averasboro and Bentonville. An Original Civil War General Order issued at Goldsboro, North Carolina March 27, 1865 at HQ Fifteenth Army Corps by General John A Logan naming 2 officers one from the 4th Iowa, the other from the 59th Indiana as Asst AIGs for the Corps, by Orders from the HQ Department of the Tennessee. The 1p 8 x 5 ptd/ink Order has with minor age stains, 2 punch holes in the left margin and is ink signed by AA General AH Wheeler The bottom margin of the order is red ink docketed as being received at HQ Army of Tennessee, April 20, 1865. Five days later Logan and his men arrived at Raleigh where Sherman and Joe Johnston negotiated the Surrender of the Confederate Army, in effect ending the War.

And where General Logan prevented his men from burning the City on news of Lincoln's murder. Comes w service info: Captain Horatio Nelson Wheler of Peoria, Illinois served w the 17th Illinois and 135th Ohio.

The 15th Army Corps was a hard fought command, adopting the distinctive "40 Round" cartridge box corps badge. This is the only Goldsboro NC Union Army imprint I have seen in 40 years of collecting Civil War documents. 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, 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. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape.

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