Letter
D. H. Maury to George G. Garner, October 15, 1864
CIRCULAR. HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF THE GULF,
Mobile, October 15, 1864.
The following-named negroes are employed by engineer corps at Mobile, Ala. The owners are notified in order to receive the pay due them, *2 2.* “The names of 575 men and of their alleged owners, with residences of the latter, are entered in this order.”
By command of Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury:
GEORGE G. GARNER,
Chief of Staff.
Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861–62. Location: Mobile. Summary: Maj. Gen. D. H. Maury notifies owners of 575 enslaved men employed by the engineer corps in Mobile, Alabama, to claim their due wages during the Civil War in 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 8
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