GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, February 12, 1864

No. 20. Richmond, February 12, 1864.

The first paragraph of General Orders, No. 138, 1863, is modified by the omission of the words ‘‘in States in which provisions have not been made on this subject” (impressment of slaves); and clause 7 of the same order is so far modified as to allow the rate of compensation for slaves impressed under the act of 26th of March, 1863, to be established by appraisers appointed under that act; provided the price thus fixed does not exceed the sum prescribed by the law of the State in which such slaves are impressed.

S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.

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