CIVIL War Texas Union Soldiers End Of The War General Order

  
An original Civil War General Order, issued at HQ, Dept of the Gulf, New Orleans, June 26, 1865 by General ERS Canby allowing "white troops" who's service expire by Sept 30, 1865, to be mustered out of the Union Army, the 3 year regiments with the exception of the men of the 13th & 16th Army Corps enroute to Texas, given priority. An historic original Order designed to return the white soldiers home while retaining the service of the units enroute to Texas to protect the Border from the french backed Army of Emperor Maximilian. 1p 8 x 5 ptd. 2 punch holes in left margin, age stains & wear on edges, 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, 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. General Orders and other imprints. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. PLEASE READ DETAILS OF THE ITEM DESCRIPTION.

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