CIVIL War Hilton Head South Carolina Signed General Order

  
Captain Israel R Sealy served with the 47th New York, rising from the ranks; the 47th NY fought in the Battles at Olustee, Florida and Petersburg, Virginia. Captain Sealey also served on the staff off General Quincy Gillmore; he and his brother Robert served the entire War. An Original Civil War General Order ink signed with a striking large calligraphic blue ink signature by Captain Sealy as AAAG, issued at HQ Dept of the South at Hilton Head, South Carolina, May 1, 1864 by General Gillmore relinquishing Command of the Department to General John Hatch.

General Quincy Adams Gillmore was a notable Union Army combat commander incl the capture of Fort Pulaski, Georgia in 1861, the Union Victory at Somerset, Kentucky and the Capture of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, SC where hr offered the noted 54thn Massachusetts Colored Infantry "Glory Regiment" to take part in the Assault on Fort Wagner. The Gillmore Medal, honoring the Union veterans of the Charleston siege is named for him. 1p 8 x 5 ptd. Edge wear, 2 punch slits in left margin, Overall VG. 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 and badges.

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• Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
• Theme: Militaria
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States