Letter
John S. Preston to C. B. Duffield, April 7, 1864
WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF CONSCRIPTION,
April 7, 1864.
No. 15. Richmond, Va., April 7, 1864.
In pursuance of instructions from the Secretary of War, commandants of conscripts will grant details until the lst day of June, 1864, to all persons liable to conscription on the 10th day of April instant who are certified by the Commissary-General to be in the service of his department on the said 10th of April and as necessary thereto.
By order of Col. John S. Preston, superintendent:
C. B. DUFFIELD,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
MONTGOMERY, April 7, 1864.
His Excellency President JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
MONTGOMERY, April 7, 1864.
His Excellency President JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Richmond, Va.:
The act of last Congress to organize forces to serve during the war
requires enrollment of persons between seventeen and eighteen and
between forty-five and fifty at such times and places and under such
The act of last Congress to organize forces to serve during the war
requires enrollment of persons between seventeen and eighteen and
between forty-five and fifty at such times and places and under such
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: John S. Preston instructs conscription officers to exempt individuals certified by the Commissary-General as essential to his department from conscription until June 1, 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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