Letter
John S. Preston to C. B. Duffield, April 18, 1864
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION,
April 18, 1864.
No. 18. Richmond, Va., April 18, 1864.
In pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of War, commandants of conscripts will grant details until the 1st day of June, 1864, to all persons liable to conscription on the 10th day of April instant who are certified by the Quartermaster-General to be in the service of his department on the said 10th of April and necessary thereto.
By command of Col. John S. Preston, superintendent:
C. B. DUFFIELD,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: John S. Preston directs conscription officers to grant service exemptions until June 1, 1864, for individuals certified by the Quartermaster-General as essential to his department's operations as of April 10, 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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